Haiti's prime minister tours Silicon Valley
Source: AP-Excite
By MARTHA MENDOZA
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - From Google to Facebook to Apple, Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe took a whirlwind tour through Silicon Valley's most elite tech firms, persuading some of the world's wealthiest and most successful corporate executives to share support and innovation with the poorest country in the Americas.
"Oh cool!" he said Wednesday, slipping on Google Glass - Internet-connected eyeglasses - at Google Inc.'s headquarters before a cruise in the company's driverless car.
Lamothe joins a growing stream of politicians, celebrities and CEOs taking these popular roadshows where they do a little business, a little schmoozing and quite a bit of questioning about how technology can change lives.
"Even if we do need water, we need the technology to know the areas where we have issues with water supply in order to create a better inventory," he said. "Technology can help us bridge the development barrier we have today."
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Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe wears Google Glass during a demonstration and tour at the Google headquarters complex Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, in Mountain View, Calif. From Google to Facebook to Apple, Lamothe plans to spend Wednesday on a whirlwind tour through Silicon Valley’s most elite tech campuses, hoping to convince some of the world’s wealthiest and most successful corporate executives to share support and innovation with the poorest country in the Americas. Lamothe joins a growing stream of politicians, celebrities and CEOS taking these popular roadshows where they do a little business, a little schmoozing and quite a bit of questioning about how innovation happens in this booming tech region. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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