On February 3rd in Chennai, India, Google India launched the “internet bus“. It is a mobile bus designed to share the experience of internet as tool for learning, with Individuals throught the state of Tamil Nadu (south India). According to the Google Internet Bus project site, the project is an attempt to educate people about what the internet is and how it may be beneficial to their lives by bringing the internet experience to them. The bus hopes to make the internet less intimidating and much simpler for new users. The concept of the Internet and its possibilities will be shared via videos that illustrate ways individuals can utilize the internet – i.e: grand parents keeping in touch with family members who have migrated to bigger cities via e-mails, or a student from a local school utilizing the web to search for information on a study subject; or a local traditional band using MySpace to share their talent with people all across the globe. The Internet Bus is meant to teach Tamil Nadu individuals to break through language barriers via Google, and utilize services on their mobile phones and other Internet-enabled means.
The bus is currently located in the town of Tirunelveli. The bus route can be followed on the regularly updated site dedicated to the project. Photos and videos are also updated as the bus visits different villages.
- Contributed by Sophie Nevoux
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