P R O J E C T S

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Remotely Taught 'Design for Development' Course This course was taught remotely from India to students at UC San Diego in 2008. Students were introduced to issues facing developing economies and design methodologies for addressing these issues. Weekly guest lecturers from India provided first-hand information. Several student prototypes were developed, and tested.

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)