{"id":10562,"date":"2010-03-02T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/can-infotech-a-tech-trade-show-third-world-style-image-cache\/"},"modified":"2010-03-02T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T21:40:00","slug":"can-infotech-a-tech-trade-show-third-world-style-image-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/can-infotech-a-tech-trade-show-third-world-style-image-cache.php","title":{"rendered":"CAN InfoTech: A Tech Trade Show, Third World-Style [Image Cache]"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>286 booths, and nary an iPhone in sight. In fact, a lot of the gadgets on display here were first released in 2007<\/em>. Welcome to CAN InfoTech<\/a>: the CES of Nepal.<\/p>

BoingBoing's photo tour<\/a> of the January conference, held in a country with a near-50% unemployment rate and a per-capita GDP of $1,200, paints a picture of a sort of proto-CES, in which Apple is a new and novel brand, many of the attendees don't have mobile phones, and electric generators are a prime attraction.
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I'm not sure why, but I assumed a trade show like this would be inflected with a different feeling. Instead of complaining about ebook reader overload<\/a> or a crowded trade floor, attendees would glimpse a technological future that a lot of the world lives in, and that they too could one day enjoy. But no: A trade show is a trade show, all the way down the economic scale. It's a way for innovators and hucksters alike to get the word out, for better or for worse, about the thing they're trying to sell right then.<\/em><\/p>

Head over to the source for the full photo set, because it's utterly fascinating, from the 2008-vintage Sony catalog on display to the cellophane-wrapped display laptops. I'll never complain about CES again. (This is a lie.) [BoingBoing<\/a>]<\/p>

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