Cast-off Netbooks send home snapshots of 'afterlife' (photos)
by ZDNet Author | July 24, 2011 4:00am PDT | Image 1 of 15
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MIT researchers tracked cast-off Netbooks to find out what the "afterlives" of our electronic gadgets are like.
They sent refurbished Netbooks to people in developing countries. The researchers set up the computers to record location and take pictures, and send the data home to MIT. The Netbooks carried stickers explaining the project in the local language.
The ghostly images are random windows into the everyday lives of people in Africa, South Asia, and Indonesia. Here, we're traveling to Kathmandu, Nepal.
They sent refurbished Netbooks to people in developing countries. The researchers set up the computers to record location and take pictures, and send the data home to MIT. The Netbooks carried stickers explaining the project in the local language.
The ghostly images are random windows into the everyday lives of people in Africa, South Asia, and Indonesia. Here, we're traveling to Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Nice to see technology gets a second chance at being usable and ocassionall
I wonder how may reciepents did not read the fine print?
I'll bet there are a lot of pictures that cannot be published here!
I'll bet there are a lot of pictures that cannot be published here!
Bit of a reminder just how "rich" we are - the guys we're looking at here are the guys who live close enough to a city to have electricity.
Thank God for what we've got! Easy to forget!
Thank God for what we've got! Easy to forget!
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