Monthly Archives: January 2012

IIT Empowering Haiti Successfully Deploys XO Charging Station

A team of students from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago has been working on a charging station for XO deployments in developing countries. Like the laptops themselves, the design needed to be rugged and inexpensive, but also simple … Continue reading

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Solar-Powered Internet Connectivity a Reality in Lascahobas, Haiti!

On December 13-14, 2011, a partnered team from Illinois Institute of Technology, Green Wifi, and Inveneo worked together to bring solar-powered Internet connectivity to the EFACAP school in Lascahobas, Haiti. Thanks to funding from an Internet Society Community grant, this … Continue reading

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