This page provides more detail on some possible honours projects for student groups.
Authoring tool for SignSupport
Deaf people speak a different language called SASL (South African Sign Language). They have a right to access public services in SASL. This project is about building an authoring tool for creating such systems in a variety of contexts..
Praekelt Foundation ICT4D Projects Praekelt Foundation builds open source, scalable mobile technologies and solutions to improve the health and well being of people living in poverty. Our programmes have reached over 50 million people across 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sustainability of Rural Mesh Networks
As we solve the technical issues of deploying
wireless mesh networks in rural areas, issues of
sustainable usage arise and we need to look at
business models for their deployment. Apart from
the business aspect there is also the technical
component of realizing the actual physical
gateway.