technology

Technology

By Caleb Stein and David Sedlik

It took the radio 38 years to reach 50 million people. It took the television 13 years to reach that audience. But it took the Internet only 4 years.

Years

In 1998, there were an estimated 143 million Internet users

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A quarter of the world's countries still do not have one telephone per 100 people.

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What is ICT?

ICT stands for Information and Communications Technology. It includes all electronic devices used to communicate.

Progress The use of the internet can help many communities where normal method around that community hadn’t worked. This happened in a small town in the Andes where there was a seemingly unstoppable infestation of ants. They posted there problem online and soon received an answer on how to solve their problem. That is an example how ICT can help many communities.

In order for ICT to be distributed to 3rd world countries, people must not only be able to access computers, they must be able to access the internet too.

The XO laptop ($200) can connect with other laptops to provide internet access. It is also waterproof, drop resistant, and sunlight resistant.

The XO laptop is an important step in getting communities connected to the internet.

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The world

At http://laptop.org/ you can donate to the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) foundation, and help bring technology to the developing world

Next Steps

Wireless is a good, cheap way to bring the internet to third world peoples.

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And you're online!

More Next Steps

Technology can help with disasters because someone can connect to someone in another part of the world and ask for help.

Click here for an example

Problems with ICT

While technology can help nations a lot, there are still many problems with it.While some nations can afford helpful technology to help them advance, most of the countries that have access to ICT are already in 1st world countries. This creates a bigger gap between 1st and 3rd world countries.

FIRST WORLD COUNTRIES

THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES

ICT GAP

What YOU can do

We would love for you to donate to the OLPC foundation at http://laptop.org/ and help bring technology to the developing world. An XO laptop is only $199, and it could will change a child's life. If you are in doubt, think about it this way: how much is a child worth?