Closing the digital divide with solar Wi-Fi

CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITH SOLAR WI-FI
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Amanda Termen]
Green Wi-Fi is trying to bring Internet access to schools in developing countries via cheap, solar-powered Wi-Fi networks. The technical concept behind the Green Wi-Fi network is fairly simple. Each node in the network consists of a battery-powered router and a solar panel to charge the battery. The nodes are mounted on rooftops, and the network's Wi-Fi signals are transferred over a grid using a wireless network standard known as 802.11b/g. The first seed money has arrived, enough to produce and test prototype nodes. It came from the One Laptop Per Child initiative (OLPC), which aims to construct a $100 laptop to be distributed to children in developing countries.
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