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Build Your Own Solar Powered Hotspot

Posted by Zonk on from the i'm-popular! dept.

hode writes "Popular Science has a how-to article up on turning a backpack into a portable, solar-powered Wi-Fi hotspot. Possible uses include providing Wi-Fi access for a road-trip caravan." From the article: "Its secret ingredient: the Junxion Box. Plug a cellular-network card into the book-size open-source-based device, and voil--instant Wi-Fi hotspot, with speeds averaging around 700 kilobits per second. To power the box, I wired it to a 1.2-amp-hour battery and dropped both into the Voltaic Systems backpack, which has a built-in solar charger."

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  3. voil? by Loconut1389 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "and voil"?

    1. Re:voil? by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      the thing is downmods reduce karma. This makes people take them personally since if you lose too much karma the starting score of your posts goes down and you could possiblly even end up banned.
      It's just a couple points. No damage is going to be done by an occasional downmod if the poster generally contributes to discussions in a positive way. If someone is getting modded down so often for making redundant posts that it puts them in danger of being banned, then perhaps they need to stop posting things that are so obvious.
      Out of interest if you belived your post to be offtopic why did you use karma bonus to post it at +2?
      I figured that it was something that moderators could benefit from reading, as there's far too much lousy moderation that goes on on this site. The karma bonus means higher visibility.
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    2. Re:voil? by guitaristx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That's one of the problems with wi-fi - lots of dropped ackets

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  5. Re:Sharing is what it's all about. by Somegeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    WTF kind of moron takes the time to stalk someone on slashdot and to research and write this kind of drivel? And doesn't have the balls to post it logged in and take credit for it?

    Hey Coward, get over it, stop wasting people's time. He didn't even mention microsoft yet you are still blathering.....

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