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Tuki-mara: Power outage is a very well known phenomena in  Nepal.
Techno-entrepreneurs have found an innovative way to address such
problems. The device, as shown in the picture, is made up of four LEDs
connected to a box with a switch. One needs to put three batteries
inside the box to operate the LEDs. Such device "eTuki" and can be bought
for less than 150 rupees. I took this picture in a hotel in Jiri (188
northeast of Kathmandu at 2074 mts). The word "Tuki" is a name of
lamps made up of glass bottle filled with kerosene and a cotton wick.
Most village people use "Tuki" to "electrify" their homes. These days eTukis
are replacing the traditional Tukis and hence are called Tuki-mara (mara
means killer). Seems technology is slowly finding its place in rural
hinterland.
Electro-Hat: One evening I was walking downtown Thamel in
e-Generation:
This picture of a 6 years old girl
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The Cyber Post "Cell phone is my cattle"  About an hour drive from the Dhaka city, village Chamur Khan in Kaskura is a typical Bangladeshi village. Electric bamboo poles are dotted on the two sides of the lone brick road which is connected to a highway. The road runs sometimes in the middle of the field turning dusty. People in lungis and shirts are seen sitting and chatting in the road- side or in front of typical bangla houses made of bamboo and mud. We called a cellular mobile phone number 017510004 to talk to the owner of the phone- Begum Anwara. In a modest village house with the blooming bougainvillaea in the porch, she welcomed us with the exchange of salam. She is a simple village woman of about 35 years, wearing a Bangla cotton saree, pallu over her head and of course a cell phone in her hand. Sitting on the angan of her baasa we had a small talk. More..>> No technology is culturally neutral...Whenever we pick up the phone after it rings we say "hello"! Why do we have to say hello when we can also greet in our own way like namaste? This is called shifting to the cultures of the technology inventors. More...>> Surya devaya namaha! "Eureka!"
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Publications Capacity building for information sharing...The Electronic Networking 
Project was launched in Nepal with the support of the International
Development and Research Centre (IDRC). With the advent of the Internet in
Nepal in 1995, the project was initiated in response to a need to promote
on-line information sharing and enhanced communication among research
institutions within Nepal and
globally.
More...>>More Publications.... More Reports: E-Readiness Assessment-Nepal E-Business in Nepal E-payment in Nepal IT Scenario of Nepal 2001 B2B e-Marketplaces Online Local Content-Nepal
Articles ICT for socio-economic growth...Society is right in the middle of a change. The industrial society is gradually being replaced by a knowledge-based society. Widespread diffusion of personal computers and growth of the Internet have moved ICT into the mainstream of the most developed culture, where people and organizations look to ICTs to solve all manners of problems and gain in edge over their competitors. More...>> |
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and ran across a person who has a funny looking device on his head. This device,
though is a prototype in design, but was able to attract lots of foreigners and
locals. The device consists of air spray, fan, torch-light, alarm etc. The
person seen in the picture is a trained electrician and makes several such
devices.
playing
with laptop was taken in CAN InfoTech 2006. Nepal's ICT future lies in
the hands of such young people. It is interesting to see a student of
class one using a computer without any inhibitions.
the
word of Archimedes, a Greek scientist of third century B. C., even when he
became first person to exploit sun's rays by technical means which he used
to destroy Roman fleets in the war of Syracuse in Sicily. No development
took place till this century. It is only during this century serious efforts
have been made towards harnessing sun as a source of energy. One of the
prime reasons of lesser development in this area is that no one (other than
Archimedes) could see its potential use -like a weapon- in the military.
ten
years. A family separated in Jumla, Biratnagar and Kathmandu are talking on
video-mobile, the son is offering his father a cup of coffee by instructing
to a computerized coffee maker from 400 kilometers away and the daughter, a
medical practitioner, is checking her ill mother in Kathmandu from Jumla.
Can we contemplate such a situation in Nepal in just a decade? Yes, if we
initiate proper policies promptly.
was
taken in 1997. Fully electronic it helps not only to flush but also to clean
your...you know what! It has a panel board to with several control buttons.
This is an example how technology not only makes your life easier but also
makes you a dumb ass who doesn't know the basics of being a human being.