There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. --Douglas Everett

From Dream to Reality

From Dream to Reality

Jan 30, 2003-- In Phon Kham, Laos, there is no electricity. No telephone either. Two Silicon Valley visionaries -- Lee and Lee -- are bringing computers to this village. How is it powered without electricity? Bike-pedal! For the first time a human-powered computer has ever linked a Third World village to the Internet by wireless remote. And for Lee Thorn, this is particularly special since he is serving a country that he helped bomb during the Vietnam War. (995 reads)


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