There was a story years ago about some scientists who dropped a box of tablets into a village somewhere that had no previous contact with modern tech. They went back some time later, and the kids had figured out, not only how to use them, but had networked them too. I wonder what ever happened with that, or if it was even true? I suppose I should google it.

[–] nslatz@lemmy.world 49 points 8 months ago

https://www.fastcompany.com/2681011/ethiopian-kids-hacked-their-donated-tablets-in-just-five-months

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

a village with no modern technology. How did they keep the tablets charged?

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

OLPC’s latest trial in DIY education involved delivering Motorola Xoom tablets and solar chargers with custom software to two remote rural villages in Ethiopia where literacy rates are close to zero.

[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Maybe they had electricity

[–] Interstellar_1@pawb.social 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Electricity is pretty old

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t even count early computers as modern technology. If it took up an entire room, that’s not really modern.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ethiopian village running a mainframe

[–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago

Every morning at 4am, the village children wake up. With swatters in hand, they race into the memory banks, ready to debug the relays before the morning batch job is run.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

So are computers

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

https://feddit.uk/comment/6006965 They were given solar chargers with the tablets.