How WiFi can help... sometimes

Dan Jones, Mobile Editor

April 18, 2007

1 Min Read
Solar Flair

9:30 AM -- Some of you might remember my interest in using solar technology to power WiFi and other wireless technologies. (See Sun Worshipping and Photo Synthesis.)

This seems another useful way to combine solar power and WiFi to help in refugee camps in Uganda. Inveneo Inc., a non-profit social enterprise, has partnered with the BOSCO (Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach) Uganda Relief Project to provide access to low-powered Linux computers, powered by the sun, to provide Internet and VOIP in these camps.

It doesn't sound dissimilar to what Bill Clinton was talking about recently at the CTIA show. (See CTIA's Ex-Presidents Society .)

— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung

About the Author(s)

Dan Jones

Mobile Editor

Dan is to hats what Will.I.Am is to ridiculous eyewear. Fedora, trilby, tam-o-shanter -- all have graced the Jones pate during his career as the go-to purveyor of mobile essentials.

But hey, Dan is so much more than 4G maps and state-of-the-art headgear. Before joining the Light Reading team in 2002 he was an award-winning cult hit on Broadway (with four 'Toni' awards, two 'Emma' gongs and a 'Brian' to his name) with his one-man show, "Dan Sings the Show Tunes."

His perfectly crafted blogs, falling under the "Jonestown" banner, have been compared to the works of Chekhov. But only by Dan.

He lives in Brooklyn with cats.

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