{"id":1542,"date":"2005-08-14T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-14T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/08\/14\/solar-powered-wireless\/"},"modified":"2005-08-14T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-14T20:00:00","slug":"solar-powered-wireless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/solar-powered-wireless\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar-Powered Wireless"},"content":{"rendered":"
Very cool QuickChanges post on Worldchanging about Boulder, CO’s new solar-powered wifi hotspot<\/a>.<\/p>\n The solar panels can charge the system battery in about 5 hours, and the battery can operate the access point for up to 72 hours. The network can therefore remain up day and night, and the manufacturer, Lumin<\/a>, claims that the panels are sensitive enough to “register a charge from the moon” — unstated is just how much charge, but no matter: under nearly any conceivable scenario, solar powered WiFi access points could remain up and running without interruption for very long periods of time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Lumin promotes itself with the motto “From Boulder to Baghdad,” and promotes the system as one that can be set up in even the least developed settings. Like Jamais, I think the such systems would be very useful (perhaps even preferable after reading his ideas) in urban settings.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: wifi<\/a>, solar power<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Very cool QuickChanges post on Worldchanging about Boulder, CO’s new solar-powered wifi hotspot. The solar panels can charge the system battery in about 5 hours, and the battery can operate [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n