The Internet has the potential to deliver information to areas of the world that have no other information resources.\u00a0 High telephone and ISP fees \u2013 in combination with low bandwidth connections \u2013 make it unaffordable for many people to browse the Web online.\u00a0 We are developing the TEK system to enable users to search the Web using only email.\u00a0 TEK stands for\u00a0 \u201cTime Equals Knowledge,\u201d since the user exchanges time (waiting for email) for\u00a0\u00a0 knowledge (contained in the email).\u00a0 The system contains three components: 1) the client, which presents a graphical interface to the end user, 2) the server, which performs the searches from MIT, and 3) a reliable email-based communication protocol between the client and the server.\u00a0 The TEK search engine differs from others in that it is designed to return low-bandwidth results, which are achieved by special filtering, analysis, and compression on the server side.\u00a0 We believe that TEK will bring Web resources to people who otherwise would not be able to afford them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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