Engineers, researchers help disaster survivors

Engineers, researchers help disaster survivors

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Disaster evacuees use computers installed at a facility in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011. Engineers from information technology companies and researchers from universities have cooperated to help survivors of the March 11 quake and tsunami access online information such as on daily life and employment.

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