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On October 30, we were honored to present our work and technology to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India and a staunch supporter of bringing technology to rural areas, and Mr. John Chambers, CEO of Cisco. The presentation was given as part of the inauguration of Cisco’s newly-built Globalization Centre East, located in Bangalore.
The presentation, given by Jim Forster, a distinguished Cisco engineer, a leader of Cisco’s Digital Inclusion network (DINet) Project, and an AirJaldi director and supporter, included an overview of one of our basic CPE nodes, and a live video conference - carried out using two of our nodes - between Jim and members of our team located outside the demonstration theater.
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Jim Forster presenting AirJaldi to Dr. Abdul Kalam (former President, India), John Chambers (CEO, Cisco), and owen Chen (President, Cisco Asia Pacific )
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Yahel and I have recently made a number presentations on AirJaldi and our work. Press here to join Yahel on a tour of our Wireless Clouds in the Himalayas – a talk given at UC Berkeley’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS ), on October 11.
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Pauli Närhi, a student at University of Oulu in Finland, has just completed a very productive half-year internship with us. While in Dharamsala, Pauli focused mostly on developing a battery charger suitable to the very demanding realities of rural India (and rural areas elsewhere). Pauli has just left us, but the power stays! Read Pauli’s own account of his work and the “Jaldi Charger”. You can also download a detailed description of the Jaldi charger hardware design. |
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The Indian Express, one of India’s largest English language newspapers, carried an article about AirJaldi in their Weekend edition, the Sunday Express.
While some of the personal details in the article are not always accurate ;^), we thought it would be nice to share it with you. You can view the full article, “Dharamshala Wi-Fi has an Israeli network ” on India Express’ website. Do visit other sections of this website and feel free contact us for more information about our work.
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The establishment of a training and capacity building center is one of the central components of our vision . The first steps towards realizing this vision were made during the last few weeks.
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Yesterday, following days of intensive preparations, we installed a relay node at Ashapuri, a high point 50 km. east of Dharamsala. The very affordable and sturdy solar-powered relay is directly linked with our main-tower in Dharamsala, providing a solid 3-5mbps (bi-directional) performance (UDP stream) depending on weather conditions. With this important installation, we are now well positioned to extend our Palampur network further into the eastern part of the Kangra district and the western part of Mandi district, where we have a large number of organizations who were eagerly waiting for the arrival of AirJaldi. The installation began in the pleasant early morning hours which welcomed us upon arrival to the serene site together with a number of pilgrims – Ashapuri is an important local temple and place of pilgrimage. The early blissful hours were however soon replaced by the intense summer noon heat, leaving only us and a few stray dogs outdoors – the latter wandering around and former hauling, climbing, connecting and testing.
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