Offline Internet Servers for Rural Nepal

काफल

In 60 SecondsProblem: Digital isolation of villages

(20 mln Nepali / 65 out of 100)

Solution: Raspberry Pi 2 + travelling pen drives + smartphones

= offline InternetEffects:● education● communication● participation● identity preservation● better resilience

Problem: Digital Isolation of Villages● no access to innovative post-quake architecture

● little news coverage of earthquake stories from villages

● no participation in accountability initiatives

● no collaboration with national innovation networks

● very little national / intl citizen journalism by villagers

Creative Solutions Wanted

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a doko full of pen drives

Digital isolation? Just connect the people to the Internet …

BUT THERE IS NO INTERNET IN THE VILLAGE.

Oops :-)

Then … let’s give them travelling pen drives. With lots of useful and free content.

We just inventedOffline

Internet :-)

Functionally: smartphones + Raspberry Pi

+ wifi module

+ USB pen drives

+ RACHEL-Pi and other libraries

+ authoring tools (NEW)

+ two-way sync software(NEW)

+ Nepali content (NEW)

How to get it done? (1)

Technically: Ah well. Add a rugged case and PV panel.

Environmentally:

● long lasting● no consumable materials● low energy (3 W for server, mW to play audio)● easily powered by sustainable energy (PV)

How to get it done? (2)

Financially: A server is cheap ($100/village) and lasts long (10++ years).

Culturally: All cultures have education and dialogue spaces. But they differ.

So let’s include:

How to get it done? (3)

● user-generated content● different media

(text, audio, video)● different languages

Impacts (1): Better ReconstructionKnowledge: educate yourself from gigabytes of appropriate knowledge

Communication: share your knowledge

Collaboration: innovate together

Business: improve sustainability, efficiency and earnings

● increase tourism via online village media● preservation of cultural identity & heritage● improved resilience● improved disaster preparedness and response skills

● innovation culture and startup movement in villages?

Impacts (2): Culture & Society

Impacts (3): ContextTime scale? short-term reconstruction infos → resilience skills

Target area?● Damaged villages in Nepal with no Internet.● Then other villages with no / slow Internet.

Scale? 4 400 000 000 people

have no Internet access.

Questions?

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