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The Go-Anywhere Cyber Cafe In a Shipping Container

Posted by timothy on from the want-one-as-a-back-yard-clubhouse dept.

nk497 writes "UK IT charity Computer AID has come up with a clever idea to use shipping containers to house thin-client-based, solar-powered cyber cafes, which can be used to bring connectivity to rural communities in Africa. The £20,000 boxes use a single Pentium 4 PC split out using thin client devices to offer computing to 10 people via local wireless access or mobile broadband. The solar power created from a single panel is enough to power the PC, 10 monitors, lighting, and also to charge mobile phones. Computer Aid founder Tony Roberts notes, 'The power of this idea is that we can drop that container anywhere in the world, literally in the middle of the Sahara desert.'"

5 of 145 comments (clear)

  1. i look forward to the mail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    telling me i have won the lottery and have been randomly
    selected by the bank of Africa who want to send me 50million dollars (they only want 2% commission)

  2. More Scammers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Cool idea..but great, that's all we need is more scammers.

  3. This is exactly what the world is crying out for. by Mike+Van+Pelt · · Score: 2, Funny

    More 419 spams.

  4. Solar Coffee Too? by rueger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe one solar panel can run a PC and ten monitors, but how do you power the Cappuccino maker?

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  5. Re:why not use amd?? by threephaseboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Post made entirely of questions

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    Never change, slashdot.

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