A Startup That Gives You Free WiFi Whenever You Throw Garbage in a Bin

http://www.thebetterindia.com/33430/wifi-trash-bin-by-raj-desai-and-pratik-agarwal/

by dhimant • 11 years ago

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gojomo• 11 years ago

If the WiFi drops out, can you retrieve your trash and throw it back in the street?

yitchelle2• 11 years ago

Can't you just stick your hand or a stick inside it and wave it about until the access code pops up?

svckr• 11 years ago

Can't we just use the stick to smack the kids (and grownups, unfortunately) when they litter these places? :/

Edit: Look, I'm all for non-violent education but does everything have to be a game rewarding people for not being jackasses?

lolrbawhat• 11 years ago

I firmly believe that wifi should be free on a country level and everywhere. Cleaning garbage is a good way to crowdsourcing a clean city

confiscate• 11 years ago

Won't this just encourage users to create more garbage?

If I am in need of wifi, and I have no garbage, I would need to create garbage (buy a juice, snack etc) to get the wifi, even if I wasn't thirsty or hungry

ealize• 11 years ago

I think what you are describing is called the Cobra Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

wololo_• 11 years ago

there's an effect for everything these days eh

stephengillie• 11 years ago

They could probably pivot into recycling and compost bins without much difficulty.

greggman2• 11 years ago

Reminds me of Disneyland where all the trashcans say "Waste Please".

jackcarter• 11 years ago

Dolphins found a way to con a similar system:

"When people drop paper into the water she hides it under a rock at the bottom of the pool. The next time a trainer passes, she goes down to the rock and tears off a piece of paper to give to the trainer. After a fish reward, she goes back down, tears off another piece of paper, gets another fish, and so on."

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jul/03/research.scie...

A Startup That Gives You Free WiFi Whenever You Throw Garbage in a Bin

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