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First Assignment:
Group Analyses of Existing Technologies for Development


Second Assignment: <--- Post your groups in here
Design for Development Projects and Prototypes


I N T E R E S T I N G S T U F F :
China's "Scientific View of development" and "Harmonious Society"


S C H E D U L E

January 9: First Class Notes
From Bangalore, Courtesy of Center for Knowledge Societies
Class Overview
Discussion of Remote Teaching
First Readings

January 16: Second Class Notes
From Bangalore, Courtesy of Center for Knowledge Societies
Presentation from Garrett Smith
Conditions in "Developing Countries"
Microfinance
Map of Poverty (via percentages of malnourished children)
Second Readings
TED Lecture by Hans Roslings: Gapminder, "Debunking Myths about the Third World"

January 23: Third Class Notes:
From Mumbai, Courtesy of Qualcomm India
Mobile Communications
Dharavi and Urban Poverty -
Mobile Phone as First Computer - Bryant Chou

January 30: Fourth Class Notes:
From Delhi, Courtesy of TERI and Daniel Spitzberg
Alternative Power Strategies
Guest Lecturers:
Mike Lin - Potentco + Vestal Design- Hand Power for OLPC
Ameet Deshpande - Calit2 - Pedal Power
Daniel Spitzberg - TERI - Biomass Gassifiers
Discussion by Seminar Leaders on Mobile Phones and Financial Transactions

February 6: Fifth Class Notes
From Delhi, Courtesy of the Takehiro Institute for Peace
Designing for Sustainability
Guest Lecture:
Alexis Ringwald, Fulbright Scholar, Yale School of Environmental Science: "Seven Green Energy Trends in India"
Nick Eubank, World Bank Education Researcher
Economic Theories of Development, by Jonathon Lee and Kin Fai Law
TED Lecture by Amy Smith "Simple Designs that could Save Millions of Lives"

February 13: Sixth Class Notes
From Delhi, Courtesy of TERI and Daniel Spitzberg
Presentation on Water Access and Purification

February 20: Seventh Class Notes
Presentation on Engineering World Health: Cold Box
Presentation on The Simputer
From Bombay, JW Marriot Hotel - ($25 Internet Access charge~!)

February 27: Eighth Class Notes
From Bangalore, Courtesy of Microsoft Research
Guest Lecture: Kentaro, Microsoft Research

March 5: Ninth Class Notes
From Bangalore, Courtesy of Srishti School of Design
Design Critiques with Srishti Design Students
Lecture on Slow Development and Development Mitigation Design
Mobile Phone Applications for Development by Cameron Esfahani, Karin Shih

March 12: Final Class Notes
From Bangalore, Courtesy of Srishti School of Design
Guest Lecturer Matthew Kam

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M O B I L E P H O N E A P P L I C A T I O N S

• • IVR (Interactive Voice Response) Interfaces
    • Mobilization of Labor: Mobile Job Listings
    • Mobile Surveys
    • Happiness Assessment
      
    • Voice-Lists
    • Anti-Corruption Line
    • Language Learning
    • Translation Call Centers
  • Mobile Social Networking
• Educational Applications
• The Phrase Trainer
• Language Learning
• Standardized Test Practice

P O W E R G E N E R A T I O N

• • Oxen Powered Dynamo
  • Calit2 Human Power Group
  • Solar Panel Entrepreneurship
  • Biomass
    • Creating Charcoal from Waste
      
  • Human Power
    • Sewing Machine Phone Charger
• Street Computers: PCO as 'Public Computer Office'?
• Evolving Home Phones into Internet Terminals
• Green Buildings
• Ecotourism -
  
  • Help design an eco-friendly beach resort in Goa
    

Reciprocal Technologies

• Electronic Bicycles
• Plates and Packaging made of leaves
• Mobile p2p financial transactions

Issue Areas:

Reciprocal Technology Flow
Participatory Design
ICT4D
Corruption
Health Care
Over-Population
Rural Migration
Pollution
Inadequate Infrastructure
Unplanned growth and Slums
Informal Housing
Global Warming
Loss of resources due to overuse (deforestation)
Cultural barriers to change
Aids, Malaria and other disease
Unemployment
Insufficient Education
Insufficient Leisure Time
Lack of Financial Support for Arts and Research
Linguistic Diversity/lack of world language
(Internet is mostly in English)





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