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Getting our S**T together

Bill Gates is doing what money should be doing. Using it to solve some serious problems - things that are wrong with the planet. 1. He used some of his cash to tackle malaria - vaccinations in poor nations and access to the medicines 2. Mosquito nets - provide cheap nets to impoverished areas to avoid the anopheles attack in the first place 3. Other important medicines and vaccines including AIDS medications - tackle the multiplier effect by hitting at the source of viral spread 4. Low cost computing resources with partenrships like Cisco etc in parts of the world where its hard to survive let alone go to school 5. Now with his latest effort to reinvent the TOILET. I think this takes the CAKE - literally might do that one day and convert it to fuel or some such. Low cost 'To go' solutions for the billions still without access to clean water and a place to relieve themselves. I don't particularly care whether Windows is a good software and what imagination went into the Office products or not but I do take interest in what comes out - personally - and how we deal with it. Or rather Bill is putting his money where other people's rectum is and that is a good thing!
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  1. MeghnaAugust 16, 2012 at 10:03 AM

    http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/indian-firm-eram-solutions-wins-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation-grant-for-e-toilets/articleshow/15516207.cms

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  2. Diamond HeadAugust 16, 2012 at 12:31 PM

    Thank you Meghna for the link.
    'More "power" to Eram' and I am just not saying it. They are going to need it to keep the promise.

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    1. MeghnaAugust 25, 2012 at 4:00 AM

      You are welcome. I hope the promise is kept.

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