Monthly Archives: April 2012

Keeping Laptops Alive in Haiti

Posted on April 25, 2012 by ljhosman

IEEE member and her students help build a solar-powered charging station By KATHY KOWALENKO 20 April 2012 Reposted from http://theinstitute.ieee.org/benefits/humanitarian-efforts/keeping-laptops-alive-in-haiti When a primary school in Lascahobas, Haiti, received 400 XO laptops in 2009 from the nation’s Ministry of Education, one important … Continue reading →

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Repurposing the OLPC Hand Cranks—Into Mobile Phone Chargers!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by ljhosman

Whenever I’ve made a presentation or stood at a display about my team’s work in Haiti, at my university or elsewhere, for an audience of people who are not already working closely with OLPC XOs, I get a question to … Continue reading →

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3rd Episode of Innovators: Molex’s video series about our work in Haiti

Posted on April 9, 2012 by ljhosman

As they say, the Third Time’s the Charm! Episode 3 continues the story of the IIT team in Haiti. In this episode the students bring the internet to the solar powered computer labs in rural Haiti.

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