How Indians are going high-tech and watering crops via mobile phone

0. phoneArena posted on 29 May 2012, 02:23

For years, farmers in India have had to walk miles per day from pump to pump to activate the water to the farmland. This is all changing as the farmers are upgrading to mobile-enabled water pumps to bring water to their land...

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1. Bluesky02 posted on 29 May 2012, 02:39 5

Creative

2. Sangeet posted on 29 May 2012, 03:06 9

No doubt that India has got the best Engineers in the whole world..!!
In India 4 of every ten student wants to be an engineer..

3. PhansMuneeb posted on 29 May 2012, 03:32 7

Yeah Indians are all over the world, even my family members.
But we need to make our country developed 1st.

8. Sangeet posted on 30 May 2012, 06:28 1

well.. i am sorry that would not be possible until and unless the corruption stops, and that will never happen, at least until i am alive

4. VJo003 posted on 29 May 2012, 04:28 4

Now that's innovation

5. techsavvy.jaz posted on 29 May 2012, 04:35 3

This dates back to at least 2009, and this was not an innovation of any multinational company, basic model was designed by an engineering student, I believe. correct me if I am wrong..

6. Republican posted on 29 May 2012, 17:10 0

But still no flushing toilets...

7. techsavvy.jaz posted on 30 May 2012, 06:24 2

You might have been to India when I was born.. Please do visit again..

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