/tag/worldchanging.rss en-us 40 agile web development <p>I think this is a very cool idea and one I am very glad to see happening. I really think efforts like this can be <a href="http://www.worldchanging.com/">worldchanging</a>, and do a lot to help people, especially children, in the developing world to have more opportunities. The project is <a href="http://www.green-wifi.org/">Green WiFi</a> and is founded by Bruce Baikie, former manager of strategic marketing and solutions for the telecommunications industry at <a href="http://www.sun.com">Sun Microsystems</a>, and Marc Pomerleau, currently a member of Sun Microsystem&#8217;s identity management marketing team. According to their site:</p> <div style="width: 90%; margin: auto; font-style: italic;"> &#8220;GREEN-WiFi strives to apply smart, sustainable, communications technologies to help bridge the digital divide for children in the developing world. A solar-powered Wi-Fi grid network solution can be part of the answer.&#8221; </div> <p>Here&#8217;s a <a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/08/03/2244211.shtml">link</a> to the story on <a href="http://www.slashdot.org">Slashdot</a>.</p> Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:24:00 -0500 urn:uuid:1709d9a0-2173-4516-864b-5d793502f47a http://blog.pearware.org/2006/08/04/solar-wi-fi-to-bring-net-to-developing-countries#comments web environment technology environment tech wifi worldchanging http://blog.pearware.org/2006/08/04/solar-wi-fi-to-bring-net-to-developing-countries