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Why Doesn’t Uruguay Have Robots?

Explore why Uruguay lags behind Japan in technology adoption, and learn about the strategies being implemented to bridge the digital divide and improve access to information and communication technology (ICT) in Uruguay.

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Why Doesn’t Uruguay Have Robots?

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  1. Why Doesn’t Uruguay Have Robots? Angela Wang, Eddie Lu, Hong Chen, Roy Li, Zhijun Huang

  2. What is a Digital Divide? • Divide between “haves” and “have-nots” • Information and Communication Technology (ICT)‏ • Internet: Access to information, global economy • Tele/mobile phones: Instant communication

  3. Significance • Access to ICTs is important in a global economy • Sustains inequality between rich and poor • Digital divides amplify economic differences

  4. Where are the Divides? • Global • Developed and developing nations • Local • Social groups within a nation • Social factors • Gender • Age • Culture • Geographic localization • Socioeconomic factors

  5. Bridging the Divide • Increasing access to Internet • Affordable personal computers • Computer and internet training • Inclusion of technology in culture

  6. Japan vs Urugruay Uruguay Japan

  7. Japan

  8. High-Tech Japan • G8 summit • CEATEC JAPAN • Cutting-edge technology exhibitions • DLNA • NGN • PLC

  9. Innovations • Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency • International Space Station • Robotics • Honda

  10. Methods of closing the Divide • Narrowband to broadband • New “super-fast, nationwide fiber system” • Government encouragement • Science and Technology in Society Forum

  11. Rural Japan • Limited or no internet access • “Community internet” • Broadband access • Encouraging government subsidies • Population drift to urban areas

  12. Japan's Digital Divide

  13. Technology in Daily Life • E-commerce, mobile-commerce and the acquisition of information • Mobile terminals are the most common source of internet access • The number of Japanese that use cellphones is twice the number that have landlines

  14. Economics • Electronics and machinery are key exports • 72% of GDP comes from service industry

  15. Government Actions • ‘e-Japan Strategy’ • 'u-Japan Strategy' • Huge emphasis on technological advancement • Only 1% of GDP spent on defense

  16. Uruguay

  17. Stats of Uruguay • Ranked 2nd according to the Human Poverty Index • Ranked 3rd poverty below $2 dollars a day

  18. Growth of Uruguay from a Global View • Agricultural Based Economy • Relied on raw material exports until 1998 • Increase of capital good imports • Exports fell by 25%

  19. Technological Status • Lack of Technological Growth led to stagnation in globalization • Spending on research and development was 0.26% of GDP • Of a million people in 2002: • 370 are scientist • 51 are technician • 3% of their exports was technology

  20. Bridging the Digital Divide • Improve Education, which includes providing computers • One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) - nonprofit organization • Uruguay has invested in 100,000 laptops

  21. OLPC • Mission: “eliminate poverty and create world peace” • Funding: • AMD • Google

  22. OLPC: Aims • Narrowing the Digital Divide • Improve education • Encourage collaboration • Increase internet connectivity • Inspire technical careers

  23. OLPC in Uruguay • Large Investment • 100,000 x $200 per laptop • Full coverage of all students 6-12 • Internet connectivity in all schools by 2009

  24. Improvements • Uruguay has now put more effort into software industry • Uruguay was ranked 36 on the prosperity index • The income inequality was ranked 88 • Literacy rate is ranked 51th, at 97.7%

  25. YEAR Population Internet Users Percent % 2000 3,304,921 370,000 11.2 % 2005 3,251,269 680,000 20.9 % 2007 3,477,778 1,100,000 31.6 % Internet usage

  26. Japan (blue) vs. Uruguay (green)‏

  27. Bibliography • news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7114785.stm • www.griffith.edu.au/.../japanesemain/bmark.html • www.instablogs.com/media/2006/12/japan1_69.jpg • http://radian.org/notebook/first-deployment • http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/uruguay/uruguay_buying_olpc_xo_intel_classmate.html

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