Alok G. Singh [04/05/07 20:05 +0530]:
Also, Internet World Stats [1] gives a projected figure of 42 million
for March 2007 (based on a Nov 2006 survey). That's about 4% of the
population. Which reminds me of that 2001 experiment in a Delhi slum
by someone from NIIT. A computer (no keyboard, internet access) was

Yeah - the hole in the wall project.
Sugata Mitra, NIIT's chief scientist.

installed in a concrete wall in a slum. Does anyone remember what came
out of it ? I remember something about needing $ 2 billion to give
every child an "internet device".

It was an interesting experiment.  http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com

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