Lab+5


 * Question #1**

Choose two distinctly different design solutions for citydwellers from [] that you think are particularly effective, and analyze why they interest you in particular. ( 2 paragraphs x 2 = 4 paragraphs)

**Answer #2** Today, more than 1.6 billion people worldwide are lacking the electricity that they require. To survive, they are forced to use other alternative means such as candles and kerosene and oil lamps for lighting, dry cell walls and automotive battery to power small appliances. These alternatives are generally low quality, cumbersome expensive and often dangerous. In India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Bhutan a wireless solar power system also known as the Solar Home Lighting System is designed for customers to improve their productivity by allowing them to pursue income generating activities in the night.

 I think this is innovative to create a system that will benefit the entire community in a low costly method. Electricity is particularly important in everyday life not only to be safe but to see properly in the dark. It boggles my mind certain areas of the world have such little means of receiving an electrical network, when you go down town Toronto particularly Dundas Square electrical boards are used constantly to advertise. We should constantly look for ways to conserve energy especially when parts of the world do not have the best means for an electrical network.   In India over 25% of the population are unable to find jobs because they are unable to find a better connection to job postings. To find one they typically hear them through word of mouth from people they know. Therefore, urban poverty is high in India because people do not have have access to better jobs. Babajob.com expands the reach of both employers and job seekers by the means of using a mobile device to send SMS texts or USSD (a menu driven mobile application).

Social networking has always been the best way of accessing and sharing information and when the majority of the population possess cellular phones as opposed to laptops, it is an extremely beneficial solution to those unable to find (better) jobs. I am particularly interested in helping third world countries because upon arriving to Canada, I lived in the Philippines therefore have an understanding of the hardships that people go through in order to survive. People should continue to share information through the use of cellular devices because as I have learned from this class, in third world countries there is at least one mobile phone per family.