[Olpc-mg] Green wifi: still actual

[Sameer Verma]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Samy Boutayeb (OLPC France)
<samy.boutayeb at olpc-france.org> wrote:
> Hi Sameer, hi all,
>
> I just read an interesting review about Labomobil, a company in
> Dakar/Senegal trying to bridge the digital divide by providing technology
> transfers and a 3-in-1 solution combining wifi access + solar-power
> solutions + telefony for remote areas in villages.
>
> The engineer who is working on this project has designed and built
> technology and financially suitable solutions for olpc deployments in
> Senegal.
>
> It appears that the San Francisco State University, who is planning
> another olpc deployment in Madagascar, is involved in this "Green Wifi"
> project.
>
> See: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/541
>
> Best regards
>
> Samy
>
> --
> Samy Boutayeb
> Secrétaire OLPC France
> http://olpc-france.org
> samy.boutayeb at olpc-france.org
>
>

Hi Samy,

Bruce Baikie (cc'd), the founder of Green Wifi is a good friend and
has presented at OLPC-Sf about his Senegal project. In fact, they
leave for Senegal in a few days to continue their work from last year.
Two SF schools are involved in this project. We are providing all the
help we can remotely.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Senegal/KeurSadaro
http://www.lwhs.org/podium/default.aspx?t=116366

Of course, some of this will rub off into our Madagascar effort. Its
all about cross-pollination of ideas and experiences :-) That's the
*only* way such projects can grow.

cheers,
Sameer
-- 
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
http://opensource.sfsu.edu/