This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Kurtis Heimerl & Esther Jang present their team’s project, Scaling the Seattle Community Network with dAuth and the “Teaching Network”, which leverages new advances in private cellular networks (“Private LTE”) and shared spectrum (“CBRS”, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service) to develop and deploy new […]
.This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Edwin Mugume presents his team’s project, Affordable Internet Access Devices Through E-Waste Recycling, which proposes to exploit e-waste from desktop computers, laptops, and related devices by harvesting useful components and reusing them to create computers in good working condition. These computers are then repackaged […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Dr Subrat Rout presents his team’s project, InterGram: Advanced Digital Development Centers for Delivering Essential Community Services over High-speed Broadband in Rural India, which addresses the issue of the growing rural-urban digital divide which prevents the rural population from fully participating in the digital […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit Rahma Utami & Noor Muhammad present their team’s project, Ba11y, Crowdsource a11y reporting platform, which is a crowdsource digital accessibility reporting tool. It allows PwD to report a website, an app, or a specific page on a website and app with an accessibility issue. […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. David Johnson presents his team’s project, Empowering Digital Participation and Affordable Access through the iNethi Platform, which offers a flexible and powerful interface to empower communities to leverage wireless communications to share content and services. iNethi empowers wider digital participation, fosters recognition of local […]
This presentation is from the 2022 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Ritu Srivastava & Omar Pervez present their team’s project, Community Radio Bolo which is a cost-effective wireless-network hybrid model (online and offline mesh network) specifically designed for community radio stations where broadband internet is either not available or scarcely accessible. Their solution was awarded […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Soledad Mills presents her team’s project, Internet Access in Ecuador’s Amazon, which proposes using internet connectivity to bridge the digital divide in developing countries and for the indigenous people. Their solution was awarded the 1st Place Community Enablement Concept prize. You can also read […]
This presentation is from the 2021 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Summit. Joaquin Aviles Lopez presents his team’s project, Aggregating Energy & Connectivity in Rural Africa – ICT Hub Model, which provides a solution for the prevalent Urban/Rural Connectivity Gap brought about by the lack of access to electricity. Their solution was awarded the 2nd Place Business […]
