Why Doesnt Uruguay Have Robots

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Why Doesnt Uruguay Have Robots?

• Angela Wang, Eddie Lu, Hong Chen, Roy Li, Zhijun
  Huang

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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

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Significance

• Access to ICTs is important in a global economy
• Sustains inequality between rich and poor
• Digital divides amplify economic differences

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Where are the Divides?

• Global
• Developed and developing nations
• Local
• Social groups within a nation
• Social factors
• Gender
• Age
• Culture
• Geographic localization
• Socioeconomic factors

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Bridging the Divide

• Increasing access to Internet
• Affordable personal computers
• Computer and internet training
• Inclusion of technology in culture

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Japan vs Urugruay
Uruguay
Japan
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Japan
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High-Tech Japan

• G8 summit
• CEATEC JAPAN
• Cutting-edge technology exhibitions
• DLNA
• NGN
• PLC

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Innovations

• Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
• International Space Station
• Robotics
• Honda

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Methods of closing the Divide

• Narrowband to broadband
• New super-fast, nationwide fiber system
• Government encouragement
• Science and Technology in Society Forum

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Rural Japan

• Limited or no internet access
• Community internet
• Broadband access
• Encouraging government subsidies
• Population drift to urban areas

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Japan's Digital Divide
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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

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Economics

• Electronics and machinery are key exports
• 72 of GDP comes from service industry

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Government Actions

• e-Japan Strategy
• 'u-Japan Strategy'
• Huge emphasis on technological advancement
• Only 1 of GDP spent on defense

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Uruguay
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Stats of Uruguay

• Ranked 2nd according to the Human Poverty Index
• Ranked 3rd poverty below 2 dollars a day

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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

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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

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Bridging the Digital Divide

• Improve Education, which includes providing
  computers
• One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) - nonprofit
  organization
• Uruguay has invested in 100,000 laptops

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OLPC

• Mission eliminate poverty and create world
  peace
• Funding
• AMD
• Google

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OLPC Aims

• Narrowing the Digital Divide
• Improve education
• Encourage collaboration
• Increase internet connectivity
• Inspire technical careers

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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

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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

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Internet usage
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Japan (blue) vs. Uruguay (green)?
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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_xo_intel_classmate.html