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Engineering for Development

Engineering for Development. Experiences with Appropriate Technologies. Criticisms of the Simputer: $200 is a substantial fraction of the median Indian income. Aimed at middle classes rather than at the neediest. What does an illiterate person most need in order to access information?.

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Engineering for Development

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  1. Engineering for Development Experiences with Appropriate Technologies

  2. Criticisms of the Simputer: • $200 is a substantial fraction of the median Indian • income. • Aimed at middle classes rather than at the neediest. • What does an illiterate person most need in order • to access information?

  3. Two success stories: the Kenya Jiko and the Solar Lamp

  4. 80,000 systems sold in Kenya (about 1% of the rural population) No subsidies or grants. Panels imported, but batteries local. About 60% of systems still working. Sold by Energy Alternatives Africa, based in Nairobi.

  5. What kind of world do you want? What drawbacks could result from bringing electricity to a rural village? What is the downside of increased literacy? Is putting children in school from 6 to 16 an improvement? How many Western problems come bundled with Western technology?

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