This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Joann Canning, presents her team’s project, Deliverance: Portable Sonography for Pregnancy and Childbirth in Remote Areas, which describes the idea of placing a connected portable handheld sonogram/ultrasonography device in the hands of a nurse or a midwife. Their solution was awarded the Honorable mention: […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Shiva Raj Pokhrel & Anwar Walid, present their team’s project, Intelligent and Cost-effective Multipath TCP (MPTCP)-based Framework for the Satellite Internet, which describes a cost-effective intelligent satellite communication system for the Internet based on Multipath TCP (MPTCP) for seamless handovers and minimal Doppler-effects (connecting […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Sarbani Banerjee Belur, presents her team’s project, Bamboo Towers for Low Cost, Affordable Internet Connectivity to Remote Rural Areas, which explores the use of bamboo as the important material for building towers. Their solution was awarded the 1st Place, Technology Applications Concept prize. For […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Eric Nitschke presents his team’s project, The Nimble – An Open Source, Portable, and Offline-first Wireless Mesh Network for and by Underserved Communities, which is an open source, portable, and offline-first wireless mesh network that communities can build and deploy locally to learn and […]
In this Q&A, Eric Nitschke talks about his team’s solution — The Nimble – An Open Source, Portable, and Offline-first Wireless Mesh Network for and by Underserved Communities — which won the Best Overall Proof of Concept, sponsored by Facebook Connectivity prize in the 2021 Connecting the Unconnected Challenge. 1.Please summarize your winning solution The Nimble […]
