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Everybody in Africa has portable devices, they are just missing this useless $10 hotspot gimmick with pre-loaded Wikipedia to get their information on Ebola.

by korzun 12y ago

steven77723 12y ago
The project did work on palm os so I'm assuming it would work on almost any other device as well http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/04/tech/mobile/africa-mobile-opinion/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/04/tech/mobile/africa-mobile-opin...
- korzun 12y ago
  Did you just link to an article about people in South Africa using mobile phones in 2012? You realize that SA has been rolling out good infrastructure for a while now? Right? Do you think people in South Africa need this thing to read about Ebola in 2014? How ignorant are you really? Signed up 3 hours ago. Surprise.
  - steven77723 12y ago
    Of course not, as the project isn't geared for people with existing infrastructure that allow them to access the Internet without any problem. Rather it is for the community that may have a mobile device but cannot access the Internet as easily. Of course not all people in such developing countries would have a mobile device but if we take the scope a little big bigger and say, a village, then there is a higher chance of a mobile device within such a community. Through this, we hope that information may be much more accessible to such audiences. It was my bad about that link, wasn't the most appropriate one.
MichaelAO 12y ago
I appreciate your critique (seriously), but keep in mind this project was built in 36 hours by four college and high school students. We clearly haven't thought through all the details and would appreciate constructive feedback. There are several projects similar to this that seem to be useful so I don't think we're completely off base (http://www.raspberrypi.org/the-kingdom-of-bhutans-first-pi-a-khan-academy-server/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/the-kingdom-of-bhutans-first-pi-a...). But if you really think this project is a 'useless gimmick' then there's not much more to talk about.

Everybody in Africa has portable devices, they are just missing this useless $10 hotspot gimmick with pre-loaded Wikipedia to get their information on Ebola.

by korzun 12y ago

Everybody in Africa has portable devices, they are just missing this useless $10 hotspot gimmick with pre-loaded Wikipedia to get their information on Ebola.

steven77723 12y ago

The project did work on palm os so I'm assuming it would work on almost any other device as well http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/04/tech/mobile/africa-mobile-opinion/ http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/04/tech/mobile/africa-mobile-opin...

korzun 12y ago
Did you just link to an article about people in South Africa using mobile phones in 2012? You realize that SA has been rolling out good infrastructure for a while now? Right? Do you think people in South Africa need this thing to read about Ebola in 2014? How ignorant are you really? Signed up 3 hours ago. Surprise.
- steven77723 12y ago
  Of course not, as the project isn't geared for people with existing infrastructure that allow them to access the Internet without any problem. Rather it is for the community that may have a mobile device but cannot access the Internet as easily. Of course not all people in such developing countries would have a mobile device but if we take the scope a little big bigger and say, a village, then there is a higher chance of a mobile device within such a community. Through this, we hope that information may be much more accessible to such audiences. It was my bad about that link, wasn't the most appropriate one.

MichaelAO 12y ago

I appreciate your critique (seriously), but keep in mind this project was built in 36 hours by four college and high school students. We clearly haven't thought through all the details and would appreciate constructive feedback. There are several projects similar to this that seem to be useful so I don't think we're completely off base (http://www.raspberrypi.org/the-kingdom-of-bhutans-first-pi-a-khan-academy-server/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/the-kingdom-of-bhutans-first-pi-a...). But if you really think this project is a 'useless gimmick' then there's not much more to talk about.