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beiyangu
#1 Posted : Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:52:35 AM
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Residents of informal settlements have a reason to smile following a new mobile application developed to facilitate the distribution and acquisition of water in Kenyan slums.

The application, dubbed m-maji, is a mobile phone-based database management information system that provides water vendors and their clients in slums with an interactive platform to seamlessly carry out their transactions.

The database is free and open to all users regardless of the type of phone they have and uses a combination of USSD, Mobile Web and SMS technology.

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subzero
#2 Posted : Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:21:08 PM
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such a misleading title ! i was expecting a technology that actually increases the amount of usable water in kibera, and thereby addressing the issue of scarcity
by e.g. recycling, purification, mass harvesting and storage etc

Now this is a mobile app where water vendors can ADVERTISE!! where the water is, to me that doesn't add much value.

We must get away from the idea that technology is a mobile app that collects information and later displays the same information .

We need revolutionary ideas and technology and they do not have be, software applications. Hardware and other mechanical , electronic and electrical equipment is technology too
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butterflyke
#3 Posted : Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:29:19 PM
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subzero wrote:
such a misleading title ! i was expecting a technology that actually increases the amount of usable water in kibera, and thereby addressing the issue of scarcity
by e.g. recycling, purification, mass harvesting and storage etc

Now this is a mobile app where water vendors can ADVERTISE!! where the water is, to me that doesn't add much value.

We must get away from the idea that technology is a mobile app that collects information and later displays the same information .

We need revolutionary ideas and technology and they do not have be, software applications. Hardware and other mechanical , electronic and electrical equipment is technology too


Hear! Hear!

That isn't a solution per se
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