Reading this,
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-11-12/news/35049622_1_datawind-ceo-aakash-2-aakash-2
I realize:
Well I think the argument about usability and applications keep coming up across the course and it is a lesson well learnt, but if we look from the technology side. Investments and efforts being made to develop cost effective devices is very futuristic and should be encouraged. It might have been so foolish to expect a price point of Rs. 2000 on a Akash Tablet 10 years ago but today it is possible.
I believe the excitement and happiness of small children as I saw in my field visit and visits last year on given opportunity to use laptops and computers can't be measured in cost-benefit sheets in conventional manner.
It shows them our attempt to accept them as one from us and treating in a similar fashion.
I totally agree that food and health remain crucial needs among people on the other end of divide I believe we should encourage development of such tools and technology.
And I am happy to be a part of society which has not thrown its arms up in air on cost issues but is making an attempt to tackle issues from lab in MIT to entreprenuer in India.
Kudos to humanity and kudos to creative and innovative minds among us and kudos to their never accept defeat attitude.
I believe one-day these gadgets will sell themselves like mobiles have done, and sell themselves easily once it hits the right usability and service among the target group just like mobile did.
:)
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-11-12/news/35049622_1_datawind-ceo-aakash-2-aakash-2
I realize:
Well I think the argument about usability and applications keep coming up across the course and it is a lesson well learnt, but if we look from the technology side. Investments and efforts being made to develop cost effective devices is very futuristic and should be encouraged. It might have been so foolish to expect a price point of Rs. 2000 on a Akash Tablet 10 years ago but today it is possible.
I believe the excitement and happiness of small children as I saw in my field visit and visits last year on given opportunity to use laptops and computers can't be measured in cost-benefit sheets in conventional manner.
It shows them our attempt to accept them as one from us and treating in a similar fashion.
I totally agree that food and health remain crucial needs among people on the other end of divide I believe we should encourage development of such tools and technology.
And I am happy to be a part of society which has not thrown its arms up in air on cost issues but is making an attempt to tackle issues from lab in MIT to entreprenuer in India.
Kudos to humanity and kudos to creative and innovative minds among us and kudos to their never accept defeat attitude.
I believe one-day these gadgets will sell themselves like mobiles have done, and sell themselves easily once it hits the right usability and service among the target group just like mobile did.
:)
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