Hey Hi Ho, This is mostly an exploratory email looking for ideas. I am helping to put a wish list together for a "living lab" in Haiti. Specifically for the communities of Site Soley. I want to put out some ideas of what would be good so I can get some others thoughts suggestions back. Ideally this space will be used as a center where communication and information technology can be accessed, as well as a public education, exhibition space.
Thoughts on equipment: -There are plenty of Garmin etrex at disposal already -Perhaps android phones would be a good investment. These allow for use as GPS, digital camera, video, and internet access ($20 a month for unlimited 3g wireless that can be shared with 5 devices). How confident do people feel with this move. This allows for one device to fill the role of a couple devices that would otherwise need to have been purchased. Suggestions on models if yes? -Digital cameras. Redundant with android phones? -Flip cams. Computers -5ish new laptops. Ideas on type, OS, proctoring, ect. Is anyone out there knowledgeable in creating system images and applying them to computers. Getting computers set up is a major obstacle for most OSM projects, as wel as recovering funked up computers. It would be nice to have a standard OSM mapping OS image, especially if it was hardware independent. -1 mac computer station for editing videos. Are Macs still necessary for doing this well? -Projector. For educations as well as exhibition-ing video projects. indoor/outdoor. -Printer. We have plenty of letter size printers around. I think it would be cool to print things like community newsletters if possible. So that needs larger size, ability to print large quantities, and hopefully not costly maintenance. -Internet connection. I am tempted to push toward just using 3g in USB keys or phones USB plugged to computers, and then using a comuter with wifi sharing to create a network. It is allot cheaper and just as fast as most other options. And more flexible. -Pelican Cases for storage and security. Hopefully some of you guys have some ideas, models, specifications, or missing equipment to suggest. I look forward to your input. And I will send out a version of this email to talk-ht in the next couple days as well. -brian
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