tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24907073.post8281470753550316825..comments2023-08-21T06:11:00.294-04:00Comments on Technology on a Shoestring: Radio based computer communicationThanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05940804781261673154noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24907073.post-68186580503677094542007-09-12T10:03:00.000-04:002007-09-12T10:03:00.000-04:00"Poor infrastructure" just begins to describe the ..."Poor infrastructure" just begins to describe the conditions in rural areas of Mali. The radio shown in this posting is connected to car batteries because the local electricity is so undependable. <BR/><BR/>As for cell phones leaping over landline phones, that is clearly happening. We think of cell phones as more advanced, but for people there they represent devices with their own power source. New technologies don't always appear for the same reasons they do here. <BR/><BR/>TThanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940804781261673154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24907073.post-77158580751790653842007-09-11T23:29:00.000-04:002007-09-11T23:29:00.000-04:00This is interesting - transferring data over the u...This is interesting - transferring data over the use of radio waves. I would assume the reason is that they can travel greater distances, though the bandwidth would be reduced. With poor infrastructure in Africa and other areas of the world, it seems that data connections will be spread using wireless connections, not the fiber optic lines that we find in more developed nations. It's similar to the way that much of the Middle East skipped right over landline telephones and went to mobile G3 technology.TeacherJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269165603862870928noreply@blogger.com