# Technology crafts for the digitally underserved

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSummit
- Speaker: Vinay Venkatraman
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/vinay_venkatraman_technology_crafts_for_the_digitally_underserved)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Two-thirds of the world may not have access to the latest smartphone, but local electronic shops are adept at fixing older tech using low-cost parts. Vinay Venkatraman explains his work in "technology crafts," through which a mobile phone, a lunchbox and a flashlight can become a digital projector for a village school, or an alarm clock and a mouse can be melded into a medical device for local triage.

## Lectures

1. [Technology crafts for the digitally underserved](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/vinay_venkatraman_technology_crafts_for_the_digitally_underserved/1aea3223908f), 14 min (TED's player)