RV: [GKD] Jhai PC Update

En mi mensaje anterior:
http://funredes.org/mistica/castellano/emec/produccion/memoria13/0704.html
mencioné esta iniciativa (Jhai PC) de una
computadora parecida con la de MIT, pero que
realmente está siendo desarrollada con un enfoque
social y desde las bases (grass roots).
Considero que ellos están pensando primero en las
necesidades reales de la gente y no en firmar
acuerdos de venta por millones de unidades.

Aqui hay información de su lider, Lee Thorn.

Saludos,
Andy

>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: Lee Thorn
>Enviado el: Viernes, 02 de Diciembre de 2005 04:27 p.m.
>Para: gkd@milhouse.edc.org
>Asunto: [GKD] Jhai PC Update
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I hope this helps clarify things.
>
> From the New York Times on Jhai: "How do you
> bring the Web to people who don't have phone
> lines - or even electricity? With a level of
>ingenuity that would have impressed Robinson Crusoe, it turns out."
>
> From the Economist on Jhai: "He (Bill Gates)
> even wondered if it might be possible to make
> computers for the poor in countries without an
>electric power grid. The answer is yes, and things are going even further."
>
> From the Wall St. Journal (1 Aug 05) in an
> article featuring Jhai: Dr. Lynne H. Irwin
> talks about technology solving problems of poverty: "The
>basic cure involves management, not technology."
>
>1. Jhai PC and Communication System - Now
>The Jhai PC is a low-power, rugged computer that
>works, is completing its second field test, and
>has never crashed during three and half years of
>development and testing. It is part of a system
>that includes proven community buy-in methods,
>proven models for business and financial
>sustainability, and a thorough understanding of
>both technology and how to build success on
>assets already in place in rural communities. It
>was built from the ground up by people very
>familiar with extreme environmental conditions
>in rural areas where people make less than
>$1/day. It responds to exact, expressed needs of
>people living in remote villages for a tool that
>will help them make more money (1) through
>knowledge that adds economic value (2) through
>communicating with market towns and relatives
>nearby and overseas, (3) through education, and
>(4) through better communication and
>information-sharing among nearby villages and worldwide.
>
>2. Partnerships that make a difference - Fast
>The Center for Development of Advanced Computing
>(government of India) in cooperation with Jhai,
>is planning to develop and engineer a PC for
>India that can be produced in large volume,
>along the broad lines of the Jhai PC, with a
>target selling price of $200, including
>Operating System and basic application software
>suite in English and Indian languages. The
>turn-around is quite short. Mission 2007, of
>which Jhai is a member, has garnered the support
>of the Indian government, the private sector,
>professional organizations and civil society
>organizations to undertake an information and
>communication technology (ICT) roll out that
>will positively effect the economic well-being
>of people in 600,000 villages. MS Swaminathan
>Research Foundation and Datamation Foundation
>Trust with Jhai's help, will test the advanced
>socio-economic development systems of these two
>world famous ICT and development organizations
>and the new Indian PC in early 2006 to
>demonstrate appropriate training, connectivity
>choice, content decision-making, capacity
>building and coordination services that can used
>as one template for Mission 2007 efforts as it
>develops Knowledge Centres country-wide.
>
>3. Always empowering, never controlling
>Jhai Foundation has been approached for
>cooperation by people in 65 countries. We will
>offer (1) a GIS/Wiki website for development of
>localized data and (2) a peer-to-peer
>relationship and support website with near
>instant translation services for India and then
>internationally. We will quickly share what we
>learn. We will be available to vendors,
>implementers, governments, and non governmental
>organizations everywhere for consultations on
>means, tools, and critical paths for rural ICT
>and economic development. Our focus over the
>next two and half years is to work with Mission
>2007 to create process and action templates that work.
>
>4. I brought a Jhai PC v1.6 to the UN World
>Summit on the Information Society in Tunis and
>displayed it at two events sponsored by Mission
>2007. I also participated in events sponsored by
>InfoDev, SIDA, and IDRC and attended Media Lab's
>showcase with Jhai's designer, Lee Felsenstein.
>
>yours, in Peace,
>
>Lee Thorn
>
>Chair, Jhai Foundation/JhaiTech
>350 Townsend St., Ste. 309, San Francisco, CA 94107 USA.
>Voice/Fax: 1 415 344 0360 Mobile: 1 415 420 2870 <lee@jhai.org>
><www.jhai.org> in cooperation with
><www.datamationfoundation.org>, <www.mssrf.org>,
><www.mission2007.org>, and <www.cdacindia.com>
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