{"id":21084,"date":"2014-03-27T13:31:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T18:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=21084"},"modified":"2014-03-27T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T18:47:55","slug":"put-down-the-phone-and-save-a-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/put-down-the-phone-and-save-a-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Put Down The Phone And Save A Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a tech site, most of what we deal with is very much considered to be “first world problems” (a phrase already rife with issues<\/a> of its own). We have the luxury of being concerned about which company bought which, talk about how much we want the newest tablet, or how some pundit said some thing and why you should know. Meanwhile, there are huge portions of the world’s population without sufficient food, drinking water, or toilets. Not as part of any disaster mind you, but as part of their day-to-day existence.<\/p>\n

Technological solutions to real world problems have always been a thing. Some of them, like One Laptop Per Child, grab our attention despite dubious results (Seriously? No food sources and child armies, but \u00a0a laptop will make life better?). Others are a bit more abstract, like UNICEF’s Tap Project<\/a>. That’s tap as in water and tap as in tapping a smartphone screen. Here, I’ll let them explain:<\/p>\n