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Digital Drum

This is a Project. It was designed by UNICEF Technology for Development team, Khalid Arbab and Sharad Sapra. It is dated 2010–2013. Its medium is steel oil drum, steel bar stock, steel sheet, threaded bars, plexiglas, sealant, nuts/bolts, bicycle inner-tube (seal), car inner-tube (laptop fastening), weatherproof keyboard, laptops, solar panel (3x55w), charge controller, battery.

Access to information through the Internet is an important tool in empowering individuals, combating corruption, and promoting good governance in cities. In 2010, UNICEF Uganda representative Sharad Sapra and his team devised a simple, cost-effective way to bridge the digital divide. The creative team developed a rugged solar-powered computer kiosk called the Digital Drum. Built affordably with readily available materials, the first prototype was created in a car-repair shop in Kampala using oil drums, basic angle grinders, and a metal arc welder, with weatherproof the keyboards and laptops with inner tubes and sealant. UNICEF plans more Drums, which will include critical information such as the national education curriculum and school-safety guidelines.

A digital map of Red Hook Brooklyn with markings in relation to the locations and components involved in the wireless mesh network called the Red Hook Wifi project. Beginning in the lower-left, near the Red Hook channel, a drop-pin in green is labelled 'Brooklyn Fiber Internet.' From this green point, there is a slanting purple line that ends on Visitation Place and Richard Street. This line is labelled 'Brooklyn Fiber Church Link.' The end point is labelled 'Brooklyn Fiber Church Node' in green. Several markings in pink surrounding Coffey Park are labelled as the following: 'Church to Coffey Park Node', 'Coffey Park Node', and 'Coffey Park Node to Auto Body Shop'. A portion of Coffey park is highlighted and is labelled 'WIFI Coverage for Residents' in purple. Between Huntington and 9th street, there is a house symbol labelled 'Red Hook Initiative (RHI)' in yellow. Surrounding this area are labels marked in pink (RHI Rooftop Node, Auto Body Shop Node to Coffey Park, Node inside RHI) and green (FEMA Satellite Internet).

Red Hook WIFI
USA.045

One Laptop Per Child
pc/abs, rubber.
DO90.007

Internet Village Motoman
helmet: abs plastic.
DO90.001

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/DbAUT/
Accession Number CITIES.015
Object ID 420778915