Benefits

Benefits of the tree and e-readers ?

• Completely self sustained and durable. Every knowledge tree will/can contain as many digital books as world class libraries in universities around US and europe.
• No wastage of papers.
• Unlimited copies of the same material/book.
• Resources which are digital content cannot be destroyed , hence very durable.
• Can be setup in any remote location as long as there is a power source ( solar / electric )
• Cost effective
• State of the art and introduces technology to remote populations.
• Can be scaled . Easily add a new branch and add readers to that branch.
• Can be made completely green ( Solar + digital content + renewable materials for readers )
• The education hotspot can be update with new content regularly.
• It can have a 3G/GPRS back link which can be used to update low bandwidth resources like books.

Where it can be most beneficial:

• Nomadic communities in Mongolia , Sahara ,
• Remote villages where internet infrastructure is lacking.

Sustainability and Upgrading:

• Since each knowledge tree is self contained and has wireless capability , it can be easily updated from any computer locally.
• Local communities can share newspapers , periodicals , bulletins .
• When internet infrastructure does reach these areas, the TREE can still be used and connected to internet so that communities can have access to a larger volume of books.