Car PC, anyone?
From The Hindu:
In a bid to take computers to the rural communities in India, global chip major Intel unveiled on Wednesday a new Ruggedised Personal Computer platform designed to withstand adverse weather conditions including heat, dust and humidity and run on alternate power sources, including the car battery.
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:14 pm
Think of following.
A laptop powered by solar batteries and internet access via satellite.
Does it seem so difficult.
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:14 am
@Kanti : If it is easy, somebody should have already done it before. Has it been done?
May 3rd, 2006 at 2:54 pm
Actually, PCs(Not a notebook btw) running from batteries will be good for the cities too. Lot of power is lost in Ac->DC->AC conversions in UPS systems. A pluggable DC power system for the PC would be the best solution for our country. Hope the technology for rural India can bring about some changes.
May 7th, 2006 at 10:33 am
@Deepak : How would you charge these batteries though?