The Beauty and Joy of Computing

Full Story: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/15/bangalore-water-project/ Many of the 9.9 million people in Bangalore, India, never know when they’ll turn on the tap and find water flowing. Water is scarce and rationed. Each household gets about 4.5 hours of running water every other day — but when, and if, the water runs can be unpredictable. While high-income households can afford tanks that automatically turn on when the water does, low-income households cannot, meaning that women can devote hours on a weekly basis to waiting for and storing water. UC Berkeley graduate student Christopher Hyun spent his summer working on a research project examining how the people of Bangalore can get more reliable and timely information about when and how long they’ll get water each day. He’ll be returning to Bangalore during the winter break to continue the work. Video produced by Christopher Hyun, Roxanne Makasdjian, and Phil Ebiner http://engineering.berkeley.edu/2011/02/411-waters-next-drop http://bigideas.berkeley.edu/ ...