The FCC is now requiring telecom and wireless companies to provide 8 hours of backup power for cell sites and remote telecom facilities. Several cell phone companies opposed the FCC’s backup power regulations, claiming it would present a huge economic and bureaucratic burden.
There are almost 210,000 cell towers and roof-mounted cell sites across the country, [...]
Tech enthusiasts from HumaniNet, N-TEN, NetSquared.org and One Laptop Per Child News are gathering in Portland, Oregon, today to explore options for emergency communications as well as conversation, technology, and fun. HumaniNet, a non-profit organization that researches and implements telecommunications solutions for NGOs, is sponsoring the free get together.
Wayan Vota of One Laptop Per Child [...]
St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has abandoned their innovative Solar Powered WiFi hotspots that they installed in the past year, reports the Star Tribune. Some $1 million worth of radios, poles and solar panels, erected because the city lacked rights to utility poles, will now be scrapped.
“The contractor’s default forces St. Louis Park out of [...]
The groundbreaking solar-powered, citywide wireless service in St. Louis Park, Minnesota has run into constant delays and now faces legal action, reports the Star Tribune. The City Council will vote Monday on its options.
St. Louis Park hoped to have the nation’s first solar-powered, citywide wireless service.
The City Council will vote Monday on whether to find [...]
Meraki, which makes innovative, low cost ($50-$100) mesh networking hardware is now out of beta testing. But their new pricing comes at a significantly higher price. The low cost nodes have now been stripped of most of their features (FAQ).
This is causing a user revolt, reports WiFiNetNews. According to Meraki’s user forum; “If [...]
One Laptop Per Child today launched a give one, get one program that will allow US residents to purchase two laptops for $399.
One of the machines will be given to a child in a developing nation, and the other one will be shipped to the purchaser by Christmas. The donated computer is a tax-deductible [...]
The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, a non-profit scientific research organization based in Beacon, NY, has teamed up with IBM and several other research groups to develop a high-tech environmental-monitoring system for the state’s Hudson River that would transform its 315 miles into an interconnected network of sensors.
The river’s biology and chemistry are [...]
Make Magazine describes Steve Paine’s solar-powered bike tour, along the Rhein River.
His Solar-UMPC.com blog describes powering Ultra Mobile PCs through solar and natural energy sources. He’s blogging with a Samsung Q1b UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) and portable solar gear. Here’s his gear and project photos.
The original plan was to cycle during the day with the solar [...]
Solis Energy announced this week (PDF) a suite of solar powered products aimed at, WiFi hotspots, WiMax radios, lights, traffic control sensors, and applications.
The rapid expansion of WiFi and security technologies has made getting power to isolated electronics more critical. Solis Energy designs and manufactures turnkey, stand-alone Solar Generators with Outdoor Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), [...]
Intel has a Solar-Powered WiMAX Base Station white paper (pdf). In remote sites where there is no grid electricity, the cost of a diesel generator can be as high as 40 cents per kWh, including the cost of fuel delivery to the site. In some cases, an electric generator is transported to a repair [...]
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