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Solar Powered Computers for Off-Grid Schools

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Apr 26, 2013
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In 2009 a 19-year-old graduating senior from Hong Kong's International School named Charles Watson, armed with a rudimentary computer, took a year off from starting university to journey to Nepal to work on a project he came up with while still in school - providing schools off the grid with solar-linked computing power.

"Once I got to Nepal, I was runni…

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