Biking for VoIP
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Bicycling as an alternative of electricity shortage is a non-new technique, especially in emerging countries. Now, bicycling for making phone call over the Internet is more original, in fact, it’s brilliant. Inveneo, a nonprofit group of hard techies headquartered in San Fransisco, CA, brings VoIP communication in rural areas mainly of the South-East Asia with this innovation: A bike to power a electrical generator, that supplies a computer running on Linux and a WiFi antenna. Free phone call could then be made in a range as far as 100 miles.
The communication system is based on the Asterisk open source PBX and uses SIP connections. Its ratio is very effective. Around 15 minutes of pedaling generates enough power for an hour of conversation. Inveneo aims to get big NGOs such as ActionAId interested. If you wanted to donate for a good cause, just go on their web site.
Feb 28, 2006 | By Nuno
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