Internet
More than 3 billion people still don’t have access to the internet – but X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, thinks it may have a connectivity solution. The biggest barrier to getting people online is the upfront investment in infrastructure, which is expensive and time consuming to install. And since those offline are mostly in low-income, rural areas of the world, we need a different approach. Project Taara may be the answer – a new technology being rolled out in Kenya to bring fast, affordable internet access using infrared beams – rather than cables – to transfer data. This is smart tech that’s also inclusive.
— Wayne Visser
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