Myself:
I'm a sophomore at MIT, in Computational Biology. I'm currently curled up in a ball of warm on J's couch in Shrewsbury, covered by a mound of earth-colored blankets and cushiony things. On the 28th of June, I'll be departing for Monduli district, Arusha region, Tanzania.
This Project:
J is my project partner. Together, we are trying to make it possible for the students at the Orkeeswa Secondary School to use the Internet without having to drive two hours from their rural location to the nearest Internet cafe. The method is to set up a point-to-point connection from the school to a house for volunteers in the town of Monduli, where there is reliable cell phone service. From there, we will access the Internet using a 3G mobile device and use a router to convert the signal to the unlicensed 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g band, and we will send that signal 4-5 miles to the school through the open air using two 19 dBi directional antennas (one broadcasting and one receiving).
We will also be helping to set up the new science lab at the school by preparing demos and experiments using locally available materials; you may also hear some tidbits of that as we go along.
This log is mostly for me, to help keep track of what I know and what I need to figure out. Someday it may be mostly to provide useful knowledge to other people doing projects of a similar nature.
Huzzah!
I'm a sophomore at MIT, in Computational Biology. I'm currently curled up in a ball of warm on J's couch in Shrewsbury, covered by a mound of earth-colored blankets and cushiony things. On the 28th of June, I'll be departing for Monduli district, Arusha region, Tanzania.
This Project:
J is my project partner. Together, we are trying to make it possible for the students at the Orkeeswa Secondary School to use the Internet without having to drive two hours from their rural location to the nearest Internet cafe. The method is to set up a point-to-point connection from the school to a house for volunteers in the town of Monduli, where there is reliable cell phone service. From there, we will access the Internet using a 3G mobile device and use a router to convert the signal to the unlicensed 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g band, and we will send that signal 4-5 miles to the school through the open air using two 19 dBi directional antennas (one broadcasting and one receiving).
We will also be helping to set up the new science lab at the school by preparing demos and experiments using locally available materials; you may also hear some tidbits of that as we go along.
This log is mostly for me, to help keep track of what I know and what I need to figure out. Someday it may be mostly to provide useful knowledge to other people doing projects of a similar nature.
Huzzah!
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