Hard Drives Make Inroads Into Rural India
from the using-computers-everywhere dept
A very interesting article about all the work done in India to increase technology usage - especially in rural areas. While I've seen plenty of stories about things like the "Simputer" in India, this article makes it clear that there's a much larger effort going on that touches many parts of the way India uses technology. A lot of this is due to government efforts, apparently. While there are private groups working on supplying technology to rural India, they say there have been problems, since so much of the technology is designed to be used by more affluent people. However, when you're dealing with poor, rural populations, there's also going to be backlash. When people need food, water, and medical attention, they really don't care if their village is getting an internet kiosk. Supporters of the programs, though, say that it's better to take a long-term view - and that these technologies will help the rural communities much more over time.
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