mikeansy:

You are asking questions as if you are not in naija.

2 years ago I wondered how it could be possible for kidnappers to kidnapp victims, call the members of the family of their victims over the phone, negotiate for the money to be delievered to their destination of choice and yet go scot free? I have always wondered why our Police, JTF etc can not track these kidnappers and bust them.

This idea is not no new, there is nothing novel about it. That it took our Government all this while to start looking for solution on facebook when the technology to resolve this already exists tells me they are dumb.

By the way Jonathan has been in the executive arm of Government since 2007.

Kobojunkie:

I doubt he is as clueless as he pretends on what GPS really is and how it works. lol

AjanleKoko:

Actually, KoboJ, from what you've posted here, same kinda applies to you

oyb:

if my memory serves me my employers security officers have been able to track people making threatening calls to company officials by collaborating with gsm providers

i doubt if it is the rocket science our clueless governemnt is making it out to be

Kobojunkie:

How? 

oyb:

if my memory serves me my employers security officers have been able to track people making threatening calls to company officials[b] by collaborating with gsm providers[/b]
i doubt if it is the rocket science our clueless governemnt is making it out to be

mikeansy:

You are asking questions as if you are not in naija.

2 years ago I wondered how it could be possible for kidnappers to kidnapp victims, call the members of the family of their victims over the phone, negotiate for the money to be delievered to their destination of choice and yet go scot free? I have always wondered why our Police, JTF etc can not track these kidnappers and bust them.

This idea is not no new, there is nothing novel about it. That it took our Government all this while to start looking for solution on facebook when the technology to resolve this already exists tells me they are dumb.

By the way Jonathan has been in the executive arm of Government since 2007.

proudly9ja:

By overlooking them and publicly inviting ideas from a yr 2 student (who I consider to be an excellent student based on this project), is a slap on the face of the entire academic system in Nigeria.

oyb:

this is looking like the sort of ogboju 'computer engineers' in pc village pull on hapless computer illiterates

y'all better start preparing one page proposal  solutions to naija's problems to post on fb  - since johnny seems to spend more time on facebook than on the actual biz of running the country - some of us might hit it big and become certified johnny bootlickers

proudly9ja:

I wouldn't want to undermine the young man's effort. Kudos to him and his team.

But Uncle GJ has by this slapped the entire Nigerian education system in the face!

I have said over and over again that the solution to Nigeria's problems lies in the four walls of higher institutions. If Jonathan wants a solution to NEPA issues, let him invite our profs and research scientists in the Institutions all over Nigeria. If he wants a solution to kidnapping, let him do same. I assure you they will come up with solutions in less than 6 months! By overlooking them and publicly inviting ideas from a yr 2 student (who I consider to be an excellent student based on this project), is a slap on the face of the entire academic system in Nigeria.

Beaf:

I asked the question, because in recent times[b], Onovo has claimed to be employing high tech solutions with foreign help from Israel.[/b]
We don't know what that involved, therefore we cannot say that readily available methods have not been tried.
I believe the student must have come up with an angle nobody else has seen (Nigerian or Israeli). And because of the security angle, his invention is very unlikely ever going to be made public.

AjanleKoko:



B-R-O-S-S-S-S!!!!!

Just like that? The boy win award? Because he posted something on Facebook?
There are thousands of Nigerian students all over the world involved in various research projects.
Let's get them all to come and post something on Facebook

Nigerians sha.

~Bluetooth:

brilliant idea. . .all those nL engineers should come up with something better and stop rotting away here.

But does the satellite navigation and tracking involve risks? That is the question that the Saterisk-project seeks answer to. Saterisk is a joint project of Laurea university of applied sciences and the University of Lapland.

oyb:

would this be the same onovo that said he would use satelites to monitor elections ?

all his 'help from isreal' was another bizarre outburst - isreal does not have a kidnapping problem and thus has no expertise in that aspect - if he'd sought help from latin american security agencies i'd have understood

Beaf:

Your argument is defeated by the fact that the boy is Nigerian. His being in Norway does not reduce that.

Beaf:

Isreal has a huge kidnapping problem that has caused at least two wars.

oyb:

all his 'help from isreal' was another bizarre outburst - isreal does not have a kidnapping problem and thus has no expertise in that aspect - if he'd sought help from latin american security agencies i'd have understood

proudly9ja:

It actually does. One should remember that this project is not even the boy's idea (as far as I can see). He is only part of a project team!

Have our profs and research scientists at home been tested before we ran all the way to Norway for solution? This is not how the world thinks. Charity they say begins at home. Again I maintain, this is a big slap and I feel so sorry for all of us who studied in Nigeria at some level cos here is our president telling us we can't solve simple problems with the knowledge we gained!

India has unveiled a $30 'laptop' which makes it the world's cheapest computing device.

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal unveiled the Rs 1,500-device meant especially for students. It will be available in 2011 in the markets.

The device is a Linux-based machine with videoconferencing, word processing and browsing capabilities, and has a solar-powered add-on.

It is said to have 2 GB onboard memory, Wi-Fi connectivity, Ethernet port(s) and USB connectivity. However, it does not have a screen. So if you want to display the data stored on it, you would need to attach a compatible output device using the USB ports.

And the computing device called 'Sakshat' is 10 inches long and five inches wide and costs around $50.

To make it useful for the students, especially in the rural areas, the scientists have made it low power consuming gadget.

While unveiling the low-cost device, the minister said that when more manufacturers decide to produce similar devices, prices will fall even further.

In February 2009, the HRD ministry (then headed by Arjun Singh) said that this 'laptop' would be available for only $10. The laptop has been jointly developed by several organisations, such as the University Grants Commission, the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

The project had created a major buzz in the laptop industry across the world and many questions over the development of such a low-cost 'laptop'. Many players were curious to know the details of the costing and how Indians managed to keep the cost so low.

Beaf:

We've been saying Norway instead of Finland.
This has nothing to do with where the boy is studying, he is too young to have had much of a choice anyway. Nigerians can (and should) contribute to the growth of the country anywhere they are. Lets not make this another home vs away battle that leads nowhere. A Nigerian is a Nigerian.

Beaf:

We've been saying Norway instead of Finland.
This has nothing to do with where the boy is studying, he is too young to have had much of a choice anyway. Nigerians can (and should) contribute to the growth of the country anywhere they are. Lets not make this another home vs away battle that leads nowhere. A Nigerian is a Nigerian.

I agree with you - We nor 'beaf' the boy at oh!

canuck:

How does President GEJ hope to fight the menace of youth unemployment in Nigeria (one of the root causes of kidnapping) when he won't even patronize Nigeria-based academics, professionals and unemployed grads?!

According to NL's resident experts in this field, Ajanlekoko and Oyb, it appears that there's no big deal about this GPS tracking idea.

I think that is the issue some of us have with this approach, not that one habors bad-belle towards Dipo, the Finnish student.

proudly9ja:

lol, sorry, Finland

But u see, you still don't get my point. I intentionally previously called the boy a very good student because I did not want people to think my beef is with the boy. This has nothing to do with him.

Universities are not just there to train students but also to research and profer solutions to the country's issues. Its like a coy having a R& department and then still going to source for solutions in another coy's R& department without even consulting her own dept first. In other words, that coy is saying its own R& dept is a waste of money and resources. Thats how I interprete it.

Beaf:

I went to uni in 9ja and except you are saying we should develop our education (which I don't see how the President could have done in his mere two months of office), you wouldn't ask any Nigerian uni to undertake any R& that can be trusted. Lecturers are too busy selling handouts and deflowering innocent undergrads to deliver anything of use. The education system has been run down for decades and needs to be built up first before being challenged to provide emergency solutions.

I do agree that we need to develop our education system, but it isn't a days job. In developed countries unis are linked to govt and businesses, not the sort of crap we have here. Our education does need to be placed in a state of emergency.

redsun:

Is it not in nigeria that a dean of faculty of computer science could not operate a computer in a law court as a witness?Or was it just a rumor?