Samsung's Solar-Powered Internet Schools

[ijKs Snow]

I was looking through Voice of America and found this article.

 

http://blogs.voanews.com/techtonics/2014/06/20/africas-solar-powered-internet-schools-bridge-digital-divide/

 

 

Basically, it's a repurposed shipping containers that can be mobilized to set-up on off-grid areas of the world.

 

Specs 

Able to fit 21 students

50 inch electronic board

21 internet enabled Notebooks/Tablets

Solar Power generates up to 9 hours of full electric usage a day.

Central Server that can take control of all the powered devices at once for learning

 

The first of these containers were set up in 2011 and by 2013, it has serviced up to 30,000 students providing them with education.

 

Not only do these act as schools, they can also be set-up as health centers and mobilized to rural areas all over Africa.

It is expected to treat more then 1 million Africans to health care that they would normally not obtain.

 

I personally think this is awesome, not just as a humanitarian effort, but imagine having a fleet of these in developed countries. Things like hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, etc. can knock out the grid. Then a dozen of these can be dispatched to provide health and services to those affected.

 

[NInety]

African children are starving? Let's give them internet!

[ForsakenLive]

Can't game at 240+ms

[ijKs Snow]

African children are starving? Let's give them internet!

Lol.. true. But, I'm an advocate of "give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

[antoainb]

African children are starving? Let's give them internet!

 

The focous here isn't only internet. They can serve as many things. (read the post).

[NInety]

Lol.. true. But, I'm an advocate of "give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

I think that this will help industrialize 3rd world countries. At least it's a start.

[Heisenbleurgh]

DID SOMEBODY SAY SOLAR POWERED.

Seriously though, this is so cool. Information and education may not (literally) feed people but it builds the next generation.

[Beskamir]

Lol.. true. But, I'm an advocate of "give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

I much prefer the phrase "Light a man a fire and he'll be warm for a while; light the man on fire and he will be warm until his death."

 

In all seriousness though I agree with giving people access to the internet. It has vast amounts of information which can help out communities in developing nations.