{"id":541762,"date":"2010-04-23T02:44:48","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T06:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/communication-for-rural-africa-is-a-pv-powered-cellphone-for-the-rural-world\/"},"modified":"2010-04-23T02:44:48","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T06:44:48","slug":"%e2%80%98communication-for-rural-africa%e2%80%99-is-a-pv-powered-cellphone-for-the-rural-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/541762","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Communication for Rural Africa\u2019 is a PV-powered cellphone for the rural world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/23\/communication-for-rural-africa_1_7djFs_69.jpg\" alt=\"communication for rural africa_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Sustainable cellphone for developing and underdeveloped nations. <\/p>\n<p>Mobile network providers are trying their level best to connect even the most remote locations on the planet with the rest of the world. However, in places like rural Africa nine out of ten people don\u2019t have access to electricity, which means that they\u2019ve to get their cellphones charged in villages that either have access to the grid or have to use diesel generators for the same. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/23\/communication-for-rural-africa_2_yyfS7_69.jpg\" alt=\"communication for rural africa_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Industrial designer Andrew Williams has tried to solve the woes with a concept cellphone dubbed the \u201cCommunication for Rural Africa\u201d. Unlike conventional cellphones, which are expensive, this concept doesn\u2019t have a battery with reduces the cost by as much as 40 percent. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/23\/communication-for-rural-africa_3_dLEmE_69.jpg\" alt=\"communication for rural africa_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The cellphone is charged directly by an onboard solar panel. Moreover, this cellphone has a one button interface, which when pressed connects the user to a local operator who then connects the call to the desired party. This also eliminates the issue of remembering a lengthy, arbitrary phone number that really has no place in rural African culture. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/23\/communication-for-rural-africa_4_UwnCN_69.jpg\" alt=\"communication for rural africa_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/23\/communication-for-rural-africa_5_BoFMw_69.jpg\" alt=\"communication for rural africa_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/23\/communication-for-rural-africa_6_dhFke_69.jpg\" alt=\"communication for rural africa_6\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/04\/23\/communication-for-rural-africa_7_Yw6gg_69.jpg\" alt=\"communication for rural africa_7\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks: [<strong>Andrew Williams<\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Sustainable cellphone for developing and underdeveloped nations. Mobile network providers are trying their level best to connect even the most remote locations on the planet with the rest of the world. However, in places like rural Africa nine out of ten people don\u2019t have access to electricity, which means that they\u2019ve to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}