2. The Important Question
How do we give
the rural population
the same access to
Information that
you and I take
for granted?
"How to face the challenges in serving
under-served segments of the population
through science & technology based solutions”
3. Can Smartphones sense weather data?
Barometric Pressure
Temperature
Humidity
UV, Infrared, PAR, Sunlight Hours
Rain and Wind by hearing
GPS
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4. It would be possible to identify regions
susceptible to crop pest attack
Data at District
Level?
Data at Village
level?
Granularity of
data will be
tower-level
As operators
make location
available, data
will be available
at cell-phone
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5. Is this problem worth solving?
Are applications Ltd to Agriculture?
Weather recorded where it matters most – around
people
Very large sample of weather data at very high
granularity
Huge economic benefit across several industries –
agriculture being only one of them
Improve short term and long term weather forecasting -
Save lives and property
Advise user – e.g. how long can I stay outdoors?
Context for several mobile applications – e.g. play
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music for rainy weather
6. This will replace weather
station networks like ours!
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7. An iPhone App that uses an external
sensor to measure temperature
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