Again I am sending this. Sorry. The points to address that will allow these computers to work: 1. Climate 2. Insects THEN . . . . 3. Lack of infrastructure Get real! It's a jungle out there! Or, a desert! NO laptop withstands much sand. Perhaps re-design with a "crumb tray" underneath the case that can be emptied periodically of sand and ants? P.S. Do any students on this list actually compute in the wild, offline, offgrid??? Cheers, DNR
Below are some other arguments that I address in my paper:
1. Lack of infrastructure e.g. very few people have telephone lines and this will stop them from connecting to the internet. (Wireless connections are out of question in most places due to the high set up costs and regular maintenance required.)
2. Security would be a concern - High crime rates might mean that high security would be needed in order to protect computers from theft.
3. Language would be a concern as well - Operating a computer that interacts in English my be a problem for many people.
4. Health Care - Many people die everyday form malaria and other diseases. In these cases it is always a good idea to save lives first by providing better health care and medical services rather then donating computers.
Currently I have based my paper on statistics from UNDP and NYT articles, but because this is a very recent issue I am currently having problems finding more scholarly articles and I would appreciate any suggestions you can provide.
Thank you,
Alok Kotecha _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Denise N. Rall, PhD Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tues: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/ Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Feel safe with award winning spam protection on Yahoo!7 Mail. http://mail.yahoo.com.au