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Solar Powered Computers Planned for Rural India
securitas writes "BBC Technology correspondent Ram Dutt Tripathi reports on India's Uttar Pradesh state where authorities plan to use solar energy to power computers in rural village schools. The cost to run the solar panels is anticipated to be £1,000 per school. According to the report, up to 80% of homes have no power and most government-run primary schools have no power at all. In 2003 the Uttar Pradesh state government bought '1,000 computers for selected primary schools in all 70 districts' with another 1000 to be purchased this year, 'but most of these will not work because there is no power available.' The project is similar to a solar-powered school computer lab on the Isle of Wight."
Well, if they have enough power for Jimi Hendrix, shouldn't they have enough power for a computer lab?
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no, no not the fact that they are going to power so much schools and equipment with solar power but that somehow they are using the technology in the UK
its well known that we dont have enough sun, even when we pray at stonehenge
I've had mine for a while now, and it's great. Until it gets dark, like right about n
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Didn't we just see a robot powered by a fly digesting fuel cell. The heck with solar power. India has plenty of flies. Just power the school's computer lab with flies.
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With a little training your job can be outsourced to someone moonlighing on a solar powered computer in a school in India. Damn, those jobs must suck.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Now rural villagers can take our jobs!
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It would be cool if it didn't suck.