kafal - offline internet servers for rural nepal
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Offline Internet Servers for Rural Nepal
काफल
In 60 SecondsProblem: Digital isolation of villages
(20 mln Nepali / 65 out of 100)
Solution: Raspberry Pi 2 + travelling pen drives + smartphones
= offline InternetEffects:● education● communication● participation● identity preservation● better resilience
Problem: Digital Isolation of Villages● no access to innovative post-quake architecture
● little news coverage of earthquake stories from villages
● no participation in accountability initiatives
● no collaboration with national innovation networks
● very little national / intl citizen journalism by villagers
Creative Solutions Wanted
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a doko full of pen drives
Digital isolation? Just connect the people to the Internet …
BUT THERE IS NO INTERNET IN THE VILLAGE.
Oops :-)
Then … let’s give them travelling pen drives. With lots of useful and free content.
We just inventedOffline
Internet :-)
Functionally: smartphones + Raspberry Pi
+ wifi module
+ USB pen drives
+ RACHEL-Pi and other libraries
+ authoring tools (NEW)
+ two-way sync software(NEW)
+ Nepali content (NEW)
How to get it done? (1)
Technically: Ah well. Add a rugged case and PV panel.
Environmentally:
● long lasting● no consumable materials● low energy (3 W for server, mW to play audio)● easily powered by sustainable energy (PV)
How to get it done? (2)
Financially: A server is cheap ($100/village) and lasts long (10++ years).
Culturally: All cultures have education and dialogue spaces. But they differ.
So let’s include:
How to get it done? (3)
● user-generated content● different media
(text, audio, video)● different languages
Impacts (1): Better ReconstructionKnowledge: educate yourself from gigabytes of appropriate knowledge
Communication: share your knowledge
Collaboration: innovate together
Business: improve sustainability, efficiency and earnings
● increase tourism via online village media● preservation of cultural identity & heritage● improved resilience● improved disaster preparedness and response skills
● innovation culture and startup movement in villages?
Impacts (2): Culture & Society
Impacts (3): ContextTime scale? short-term reconstruction infos → resilience skills
Target area?● Damaged villages in Nepal with no Internet.● Then other villages with no / slow Internet.
Scale? 4 400 000 000 people
have no Internet access.
Questions?
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