Solar Powered Computers Planned for Rural India

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 8, 2004 @02:41PM from the heliotropic-keyboards dept.

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."

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Power by sakusha · 2004-09-08 14:58 · Score: 1, Troll

They want to give solar powered computers to schools with no electric power? You realize this means they have no refrigeration or electric lights?

When you have no refrigeration, you get more deaths from food poisoning and malnutrition. These people don't need computers, they need basic electric applicances like a refrigerator and indoor lights FIRST.