MIT Team Makes Wireless Network In Afghanistan Out Of Trash

Inhabitat:

Members of MIT's Bits and Atoms lab taught locals in Jalalabad, Afghanistan how to transform bits of trash into stuff they could use to create a high speed wireless network for the area.

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Comments

[canadaguy2]

10:20 AM on 03/08/2010

Lilly, if humanitarian aid were being provided in a way that was completely independant, you would have a point. Unfortunately, none of the aid is independant any longer (which many aid groups are complaining about). AId is now conducted as part of military operations only (and is viewed by the military as their propaganda arm).

[Mike4Obama]

09:58 AM on 03/08/2010

What a bunch of liberal elite intelligent commies!!!

Wow. I just had an out of body experience there and channeled Sarah Palin for a second....weird.

[quillsinister]

02:52 PM on 03/07/2010

Reminds me of Cory Doctorow's book, "Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town."

[Smithn]

02:24 PM on 03/07/2010

MIT's creative gift is the definition of 'HOPE'. It targets the heart of humanity: knowledge. Nagraponte years ago started a solar laptops for children in a whole slew of countries. When the kids took their laptops home it was the first time there was light inside their huts. Imagie that. Both MIT & Nagraponte blends so well with Greg Mortenson's "Stones into Schools" humanitarian efforts creating forward movementin this paradign shift. sigh.

Robert Kennedy said: "Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resitance." Robert Kennedy. sigh.

[research]

05:24 PM on 03/07/2010

Yes!

Enlightenment of the people!

the goal of Liberalism!

[WeCanDoMore]

12:47 AM on 03/08/2010

Beautiful. As long as we remember, the candle he lit still burns. and a new candle burns in our current great president. Gobama! Keep the dreams alive, and lets bring them into reality starting right now. YES WE CAN. Good prevails.

[spytheweb]

11:22 AM on 03/07/2010

I bet their connection is faster than the one i have here in the US.

[canadaguy2]

09:51 AM on 03/07/2010

Yeah, wireless networks, *that's* what Afghanistan needs. Much of the country has no electricity or limited amounts, no access to fresh water, and no infrastructure, but at least the occupiers will be able to get their youtube fix.

[LillyKelder]

10:04 AM on 03/07/2010

Yes, heaven forbid any one try to make their lives better in any way at all.

[canadaguy2]

10:23 AM on 03/07/2010

Are you suggesting that wifi, which only the richest of the rich can use, makes up for all the bombed out buildings, destroyed infrastructure, and dead family members? Do you really think that's a net gain that is making people's lives better?

[JScott]

12:32 PM on 03/07/2010

Oh please they taught them to do it themselves, we didn't impose it and they are lucky in most parts of this country big corporations are stalling and nickel and diming end users that we don't have a lotta that here.

[HeevenSteven]

09:43 AM on 03/07/2010

I think we had a network like that here in this country some years back, that I won't name, so I switched to another wireless carrier...