Solar Powered DIY Portable Hotspot

 Solar Powered DIY Portable Hotspot Unfortunately, the site where this article originated no longer exists. A shame, because voltsxamps.com was a great project sharing forum. However, the original project is available as a pdf.

Re-reading my post I made in 2010, I realized this was before 4G phones and widespread wifi tethering. I am pleased that technology moves inexorably forward.

This is an amazing project in solar development. An array of these autonomous Wifi broadcasters networked together in a web smart grid of sorts will provide blanket WiFi access affordable for entire cities and municipalities. With some clever programming, these devices can distribute the bandwidth load, commonly called “grid computing” or “cloud computing”. Notice the theme? Can we develop systems to make the internet as accessible as it is open? Free Internet for all? As Moore’s Law marches on this might be inevitable.