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Why Doesn’t
Uruguay Have
Robots?
Angela Wang, Eddie Lu, Hong
Chen, Roy Li, Zhijun Huang
What is a Digital Divide?
Divide between “haves” and “have-nots”
Information and Communication Technology
(ICT)
Internet:
Access to information, global
economy
Tele/mobile phones: Instant communication
Significance
Access to ICTs is important in a global
economy
Sustains inequality between rich and poor
Digital divides amplify economic
differences
Where are the Divides?
Global
Developed and developing nations
Local
Social groups within a nation
Social factors
Gender
Age
Culture
Geographic localization
Socioeconomic factors
Bridging the Divide
Increasing access to Internet
Affordable personal computers
Computer and internet training
Inclusion of technology in culture
Japan vs Urugruay
Uruguay
Japan
Japan
High-Tech Japan
G8 summit
CEATEC JAPAN
Cutting-edge technology exhibitions
DLNA
NGN
PLC
Innovations
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
International
Robotics
Honda
Space Station
Methods of closing the Divide
Narrowband to broadband
New “super-fast, nationwide fiber system”
Government encouragement
Science and Technology in Society Forum
Rural Japan
Limited or no internet access
“Community internet”
Broadband access
Encouraging government subsidies
Population drift to urban areas
Japan's Digital
Divide
Technology in Daily Life
E-commerce, mobile-commerce and
the acquisition of information
Mobile terminals are the most common
source of internet access
The number of Japanese that use
cellphones is twice the number that
have landlines
Economics
Electronics and machinery are key exports
72% of GDP comes from service industry
Government Actions
‘e-Japan Strategy’
'u-Japan Strategy'
Huge emphasis on technological
advancement
Only 1% of GDP spent on defense
Uruguay
Stats of Uruguay
Ranked 2nd
according to the
Human Poverty
Index
Ranked 3rd
poverty below $2
dollars a day
Growth of Uruguay from a Global
View
Agricultural
Based
Economy
Relied on raw material
exports until 1998
Increase of capital
good imports
Exports fell by 25%
Technological Status
Lack of Technological Growth led to stagnation
in globalization
Spending on research and development was
0.26% of GDP
Of a million people in 2002:
370
are scientist
51 are technician
3% of their exports was technology
Bridging the Digital Divide
• Improve Education,
which includes
providing computers
• One Laptop Per Child
(OLPC) - nonprofit
organization
• Uruguay has invested
in 100,000 laptops
OLPC
• Mission: “eliminate
poverty and create
world peace”
• Funding:
– AMD
– Google
OLPC: Aims
Narrowing the Digital Divide
Improve
education
Encourage collaboration
Increase internet connectivity
Inspire technical careers
OLPC in Uruguay
• Large Investment
– 100,000 x $200 per
laptop
• Full coverage of all
students 6-12
• Internet
connectivity in all
schools by 2009
Improvements
Uruguay has now put
more effort into software
industry
Uruguay was ranked 36
on the prosperity index
The income inequality
was ranked 88
Literacy rate is ranked
51th, at 97.7%
Internet usage
YEAR Population Internet Users
Percent %
2000
3,304,921
370,000
11.2 %
2005
3,251,269
680,000
20.9 %
2007
3,477,778
1,100,000
31.6 %
Japan (blue) vs. Uruguay (green)
Bibliography
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7114785.stm
www.griffith.edu.au/.../japanesemain/bmark.html
www.instablogs.com/media/2006/12/japan1_69.jpg
http://radian.org/notebook/first-deployment
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/uruguay/uruguay_buying_olpc_x
o_intel_classmate.html