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Home » Magazine Archive » 2011 » No. 12 » On Turbocharged, Heat-Seeking, Robotic Fishing Poles » Abstract
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On Turbocharged, Heat-Seeking, Robotic Fishing Poles
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/6574/111811_CACMpg29_On-Turbocharged1.large.jpg?1321557480&1321557479 "boat delivering OLPC")
One Laptop Per Child systems being delivered by boat as part of OLPC Mexico Nayarit.
Credit: OLPC Mexico
There is a well-known proverb, "If you give someone a fish, they'll eat for a day; if you teach them how to fish, they'll eat for a lifetime." The point is obvious. It also packs insights that are relevant for the technologist interested in international development.
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