[IxDA Discuss] IXDA in Bangalore

[Suman Paul]

I remember one video in Google Tech Talk, delivered by some eminent 
professor from Madras University or IIT (I don't remember exactly)
His team developed an ATM that is much cheaper than present one we use for 
use in villages. In course of time they had to face a very strange 
situation, an ATM will not work with soiled notes, but in village there is 
a stong believe that if a note is not soiled it's fake :) They actually 
solved taht by enabling the ATM to work even on soiled notes.

The idea is, Sajid have bring in a very interesting topic, how literally 
chalanged people interact with a product. Anybody remember... NIIT's, Hole 
in the Wall project, and their findings. Anybody have them? They must have 
found out interesting facts how village people react to tech.

regards
suman

discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com wrote on 08/02/2007 
10:42:45 AM:

> Hi,
> I am Interaction Designer working with Philips Design, PHILIPS in
> Pune.
> 
> I would be defenitely interested in creating an active group
> (Pune-Mumbai is not that far apart).
> 
> For the conference, can we think about what India can offer uniquely
> in terms of learning to the IXDA community? I think there will be
> Interaction Designers who would be interested to know about Indian or
> Asian users, their online behaviour patterns, their personas. 
> 
> Maybe something to do with how unintended uses of certain
> technologies happen, how literally challenged people interpret
> product interfaces......
> 
> Since we have such a diverse culture, I am throwing ideas for
> discussion.
> 
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