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Solar-Powered Wi-Fi a Gift to Senegal / Green Nonprofit Brings Laptops to Remote Village


Business  (tags: green business, Green Wi-Fi, solar-powered wifi, kids )

Larry
- 476 days ago - sfgate.com
Green Wi-Fi is developing solar-powered, wireless antennas for laptops that are specially designed to handle the dust and heat and other inconveniences of life in remote areas. The solar charging station isn't finished, due to problems with the local tele
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Larry Sheehy (278)
Monday August 18, 2008, 11:49 am
Green WiFi provides solar powered access to global information and educational resources for developing regions and K-12 school children striving for knowledge in a digitally divided world. There are approximately 3 billion people under the age of 15 living in developing nations. 42 percent of the developing world's population is below the age of 15. Green WiFi was founded on the principle that the welfare of our world is dependent, in large part, on providing these children with free and open access to the world's information. Read more about Green Wi-Fi at www.green-wifi.org/index.html
 
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