Geeks without borders
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A WiFi antenna booster expands the primary range by almost 50 feet. Cool, but as long as you have $80 to buy one of those models available in the market. The other way is to know a tech expert, a “geek”, that can build a wage extender for $15 just in one hour. And when generous enough, the geek can assemble enough antennas to blanket the whole surroundings.
Cool, but a step beyond this concept, there’s the Geekcorps, a non-profit organization that trains people in the developing world to use technology. And according to Wayan Vota, Geekcorps director to PC World, local population is just doing great:
“The water bottle Wi-Fi antenna was created by Moussa Keita, a college student in Mali who was working for the local Geekcorps effort. The $1 makeshift antenna works as well as a $300 one from Best Buy.”
Geekcorps mainly operate in Africa, usually the forgotten area for technology development.
Jul 17, 2006 | By Nuno
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Geekcorps operates across Africa, which is becoming a very dynamic technology development arena. Scarcity and affordability necessitate alternate and appropriate solutions, like our BottleNet.
Thanks for stopping by, Wayan. This is just the kind of very cool initiative/organization that would balance a bit this world. Wish this lead to something really really big.