A boy in the Congo was gangrenous with only a few days to live, after his arms had been ripped off by a hippo. British surgeon David Nott, on the scene as a volunteer, told CNN: “I knew that the only way to save this boy’s life was to do a forequarter amputation, and I knew that Professor Meirion Thomas was really the expert.” Dr. Nott received a text message with 10 steps, shown in part above in a frame from a CNN video, and performed the surgery successfully.
Most kids carry a mobile phone with them that not only can receive text messages like the lifesaving one from Dr. Meirion to Dr. Nott. The devices kids carry increasingly are able to deliver messages, images, and the Web itself. We can save some minds in the young generation by transmitting the knowledge they need to learn so they can use it through their mobiles.
