<p>Realising the need of the Internet in everyday life, two commerce graduates decided to give free WiFi to people in exchange of a cleaner surrounding with an unique initiative -- a 'WiFi Trash Bin'.<br /><br />"When somebody dumps trash into a dustbin the bin flashes a unique code, which can be used to gain access to free WiFi, says Prateek Agarwal, one of the two founders of the initiative.<br /><br />Mumbai-based Agarwal and his partner Raj Desai, a self taught programmer, travelled extensively to countries like Denmark, Finland, Singapore etc and realised that keeping surroundings clean needed apart from a difference in structure, a change in the attitude of people.<br /><br />"We took a lot of help from countries like Finland, Denmark, Singapore etc and decided to build a system similar to that," says Pratik.<br /><br />The duo hit upon the idea while visiting the NH7 Weekender a music festival which is spread around a large area and as music festivals go is home to music food drinks and of course a lot of garbage.<br /><br />" ...It took us six hours to find our friends. Since there was no network, we could not reach them through a phone call. It was the trigger for the idea and we thought why not provide free WiFi to people using hotspots," says Pratik.<br /><br />Keeping the place clean and helping to connect with their friends were the driving force behind their innovative project.<br /><br />The self-funded experiment with support from operator MTS proved to be a success at the various Weekender Festivals held in Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi but is not operative at the moment.</p>.<p><br />The founders say they have received queries from GAIL and talks are in due process.<br />"We wanted to change the attitude of the people and how things are structured, thus affecting an individual's behaviour," says Raj Desai.<br /><br />The venture, though not operative now aims to satisfy the need of Internet at every step in the modern day world.<br /><br />"... We want to work more for it," says Pratik. The duo say they tend to setup a network of WiFi bins thus helping to bring about a behaviourial redesign among people.<br /><br />The venture was recently showcased at "Networked India", a unique initiative by Ericsson and CNN-IBN that aims to identify and facilitate clutter-breaking innovations in the field of connectivity and mobility</p>.<p>/</p>.<p>/ </p>
<p>Realising the need of the Internet in everyday life, two commerce graduates decided to give free WiFi to people in exchange of a cleaner surrounding with an unique initiative -- a 'WiFi Trash Bin'.<br /><br />"When somebody dumps trash into a dustbin the bin flashes a unique code, which can be used to gain access to free WiFi, says Prateek Agarwal, one of the two founders of the initiative.<br /><br />Mumbai-based Agarwal and his partner Raj Desai, a self taught programmer, travelled extensively to countries like Denmark, Finland, Singapore etc and realised that keeping surroundings clean needed apart from a difference in structure, a change in the attitude of people.<br /><br />"We took a lot of help from countries like Finland, Denmark, Singapore etc and decided to build a system similar to that," says Pratik.<br /><br />The duo hit upon the idea while visiting the NH7 Weekender a music festival which is spread around a large area and as music festivals go is home to music food drinks and of course a lot of garbage.<br /><br />" ...It took us six hours to find our friends. Since there was no network, we could not reach them through a phone call. It was the trigger for the idea and we thought why not provide free WiFi to people using hotspots," says Pratik.<br /><br />Keeping the place clean and helping to connect with their friends were the driving force behind their innovative project.<br /><br />The self-funded experiment with support from operator MTS proved to be a success at the various Weekender Festivals held in Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi but is not operative at the moment.</p>.<p><br />The founders say they have received queries from GAIL and talks are in due process.<br />"We wanted to change the attitude of the people and how things are structured, thus affecting an individual's behaviour," says Raj Desai.<br /><br />The venture, though not operative now aims to satisfy the need of Internet at every step in the modern day world.<br /><br />"... We want to work more for it," says Pratik. The duo say they tend to setup a network of WiFi bins thus helping to bring about a behaviourial redesign among people.<br /><br />The venture was recently showcased at "Networked India", a unique initiative by Ericsson and CNN-IBN that aims to identify and facilitate clutter-breaking innovations in the field of connectivity and mobility</p>.<p>/</p>.<p>/ </p>