Email from Will to Luke, which Luke forwarded to us:
Dear Luke,
Thankyou for your time today and last night.
We would be delighted to help in providing power solutions for the laptops throughout the African Schools.
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MD Vawtech Ltd
www.profitablegroup.com
Our Response:
Hi Will,
I'm Owen Derby, part of a roughly 8-person MIT undergraduate team working on a proposal to submit to the One Laptop Per Child Africa Movement. We are currently working with Luke Dolby from the NGO Build A School to work out the details of our project. As you know, the issue of power is essential to our being able to deploy these laptops. Luke sent us your questions regarding power, and our answers are attached (see attachment to wiki!). Our answers are the collective wisdom of our team and some members of OLPC (specifically Seth and Brian Johnson) who have more knowledge and past experience about power in Africa.
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