Adam Oxford
Freelance Journalist

How to build the solar powered LAN-on-a-truck

As a follow up to yesterday’s story about Computer Aid’s LAN in a box project:

The lack of sound did have me fiddling with PulseAudio for 10 minutes, thinking my PC was broken.

October 15 2010 | Posted in: International development | 1 Comment »

The portable LAN centre for rural Africa

View of our Solar Cafe from above
Computer Aid International has just issued a press release describing it’s latest project in Kenya. A portable, solar powered LAN cafe packed into a shipping container. One PC, 11 thin clients and a shedload of solar panels, and apparently it’s almost self-sufficient. I’d love to take one of these to Simakakata.
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October 14 2010 | Posted in: Games and Technology, International development | No Comments »
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