Fresh from the archive - Question Box on BBC Digital Planet!
First time available - listen to Open Mind adviser Sugata Mitra talk about the very first Question Boxes in this "vintage" BBC interview!
What the World Wants to Know
Question Box is Open Mind’s initiative to bring information to people around the world, the way they want to receive it.
Right now, Open Mind - Question Box is at work in Pune, India and rural Uganda.
To partner with us or learn more, please visit:
www.questionbox.org
Live Questions:
http://worldwantstoknow.com
News:
http://www.questionbox.org/news.php
In Uganda, Open Mind - Question Box and Grameen Foundation have partnered to bring AppLab Question Box (AQB) to rural Uganda. AQB is a unique live, local language telephone hotline service that brings the Internet to the fields and market stalls of individuals in Uganda who have no access to computers. The program was developed by Grameen Foundation and Open Mind as part of Grameen Foundation’s Community Knowledge Worker initiative which is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In India, Open Mind has a presence in Pune, Maharashtra. We install physical Question Boxes in public places, allowing users to get answers with the push of a button. We work in close coordination with the Europe Asia Business School, a one-year MBA program, as well as Ecotech Solutions, our project and hardware partner.
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