This man: Syed Karim.

He could be labelled a genius if his idea works.

Speaking at the TEDGlobal event in Rio de Janeiro, Karim outlined his idea, which would basically give people without internet connections access to information.

He explained that two-thirds of the world still has no access to internet, and this is where his product, called Outernet, comes in.

The project aims to create a “core archive” of the world’s most valuable knowledge, culled from websites including Wikipedia and Project Gutenberg, a collection of copyright-free e-books.

But how will this work with the massive lack of internet he speaks about?

Information would be transmitted via satellites and picked up by “antenna-fitted ‘receiver’ equipment on the ground”. People could then create wi-fi links and download the data to their phones or pc’s.

Karim goes on to explain that whilst users would be able to receive information, they would not be able to send emails or use chat facilities.

It would be an incredible way for people living in rural areas to get info. Also, it would have the ability to send out weather warnings, which is always a good idea.

Check out The BBC to see what else Mr Karim hopes to do.