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 -- Suresh Ramasubramanian | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | gpg EDEDEFB9 email sturmbahnfuehrer | lower middle class unix sysadmin
