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How do people engage with PCs for the first time?
02 June 09 02:53 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Given that most of us have encountered PCs from the time we were in school or college, it may be difficult to think of what it was like to discover the PC for the first time! But most adults in countries like India are new to PCs, and usually view it Read More...

Filed under: Education, India, Imagine Cup, technology, Design for Development, student, first-time PC users, eLearning

Text-Free Interfaces for the Illiterate
26 May 09 09:51 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

Most computer applications are difficult to understand for those who are unable to read fluently. The heavy use of text in everything from menus to document content means that those who are illiterate are not able to access functions and services implemented Read More...

Filed under: India, Imagine Cup, Design for Development, Text-Free Interfaces

Think Beyond Technology!
14 May 09 10:24 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

On my first trip to India, I remember going to visit a rural village near Bhopal, where the Union Carbide chemical disaster happened. The visit was prompted by stories about a large agriculture conglomerate which had placed the first PC in the village Read More...

Filed under: India, Imagine Cup, UN Millennium Development Goals, technology, Design for Development