Solar-powered Wireless ISPs are springing up like mushrooms thanks to cheaper solar panels, more efficient gear, and better monitoring. The WISP conference last week had sessions on power backup, solar, and wind. Ubiquiti has a helpful overview on planning a wisp solar powered tower. While a simple WISP tower might consume 20 watts per hour […]
Cheap, tiny computers, including the Raspberry Pi, Arduino Due, and BeagleBone, can be used by creative developers for all sorts of things. One thing these platforms have in common is an ARM processor. Now they have some competition from Intel’s MinnowBoard. This $199 computer is only 4.2″ x 4.2″ board and runs an Intel Atom […]
At AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013 is the center of the universe for drones this week in Washington, D.C. It offers more than 100 technical sessions, panels and workshops with top speakers and leading experts. Raven Aerostar will be featuring their lighter-than-air, persistent surveillance, military and radar technologies at the show. The company has been working […]
RelayRides has acquired Wheelz, says TechCrunch, making it the leading, peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. San Francisco-based RelayRides was launched about five years ago, and connects people who need a car with vehicle owners whose rides would otherwise be sitting idle. Car owners set the price and availability, and RelayRides provides the technology infrastructure and a […]
Hughes Network Systems announced today that it has signed a contract with the Mexican Ministry of Communications (pdf) to supply and build an 11,000-site broadband satellite network that will span the entire country and bring high-speed Internet and voice connectivity to previously unserved regions. The new $24 million network will connect schools, hospitals, government locations, […]
The Solar Powered Internet School — a product of Samsung’s corporate-social responsibility initiative — has solar panels on the roof that can generate nine hours of electricity a day, says C/Net. It powers the electronics inside — a 50-inch electronic board, Samsung Internet-enabled solar-powered notebooks, Samsung Galaxy tablets, and Wi-Fi cameras. Though Samsung installed the […]
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