Anoushesh is well-established on the tech scene, starting her first internet telecommunications company back in 1993, the year of the first web browser, and later co-founding device-connecting platform Prodea Systems in 2006.Anousheh Ansari, the first Muslim woman in space. Pic: NASANow, in a new inspiring project, the computer scientist is using her company’s innovative technology to further empower people in remote and rural areas in India.“I go to rural Rajasthan, and there’s a 4G network,” Ansari said. But many people don’t have the devices to access the internet, she explained.The entrepreneur is now currently rolling out technology that turns TVs into two-way communication screens with internet access.

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