Archive for the 'Rural communication' Category
Dedicated EduSat connection for former President Kalam
A direct satellite connection has been given to former President APJ Abdul Kalam that will enable him to interact and hold audio and video conferences from any corner of the country. Hopefully once we have CR stations networked to the Internet using our technology, we will be able to get Dr. Kalam to talk to [...]
Read More..>>Multiplanar application design for community radio stations
I’ve been thinking hard on how to best implement the technology for community radio stations that Gram-Vaani will be supporting, and I had a eureka moment just two days back. Let me first give a background of the kind of use-cases we want to enable, and then describe the idea of how to do this.
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Read More..>>$100 laptop redesign
The new laptop design for the one-laptop-per-child project is fabulous! They have removed the keyboard and replaced it by a touch screen. This turns into a touch sensitive keyboard during normal operation, and the laptop can be used as an e-book reader otherwise. And the price is $75, which sounds too good to be true.
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Gram-Vaani is a winner in the prestigious Knight News Challenge!
The announcement is finally public! Gram-Vaani is one of the 16 winners in the Knight News Challenge for 2008! This is a wonderful moment for all of us who were involved in the proposal writing and editing process. We submitted the first version of the proposal in August 2007, and after many many iterations and [...]
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