Om att hålla två tankar i huvudet samtidigt

Hur gör man när man vill hitta information som finns på internet (och inte narcissistgooglar sig hela dagarna på DNs bekostnad) men bor avlägset på landet där det garanterat inte finns någon uppkoppling? Man "ringer" naturligtvis till någon som har Google! 

IT World beskriver QuestionBox:

It works like this: A villager presses a call button on a physical intercom device, located in their village, which connects them to a trained operator in a nearby town who's sitting in front of a computer attached to the Internet. A question is asked. While the questioner holds, the operator looks up the answer on the Internet and reads it back. All questions and answers are logged. For the villager there is no keyboard to deal with. No complex technology. No literacy issues. And during early trials at least, no cost. Put simply, Question Box, as it's called, provides immediate, relevant information to people using their preferred mode of communication, speaking and listening.

(World Wants To Know visar dessa frågor i realtid). (via: Slashdot)

Kolla också in Grameen-initiativet AppLab, där Google och mobiloperatören MTN Uganda förser fattiga i Uganda med användbara mobila applikationer.

Uppdatering 2009-09-04: