Researchers at institutions in developing countries submit a query through the TEK search engine, which is emailed directly to MIT. The TEK Server searches the Web, locates pages, selects which pages to send back, compresses them, and returns them back to the user. Because the search results are returned asynchronously, by email, the connectivity charges are lower. Elsevier's Scirus search engine will add to the TEK project by providing access to the scientific subset of the Web. As part of "Search Scirus with TEK," Scirus will enable researchers to retrieve relevant search results while spending minimum time online. (www.tek.sourceforge.net; www.scirus.com; www.elsevier.com) |