SAHA Wins $10,000 Grant

The Wireless Innovation for a Networked Society Challenge

Supported by Mozilla & the National Science Foundation
SAHA WINS $10,000 GRANT
Honorable Mention - Smart Community Network Challenge
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STAGE 1
SAHA garners $10,000 Award for Solar Mesh Design
This project integrates mesh Wi-Fi access points into solar-powered
light poles in order to provide connectivity to low-income households.
ABOUT THE CHALLENGE
Of 90 teams around the country, SAHA was among the Top 10
awarded for Creative Design and recognized for SAHA’s Design to
leverage existing infrastructure - physical or network - to provide
high-quality wireless networks to communities in need.
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2018/02/20/20-big-ideas-connect-uncon
nected/

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SAHA WINS $10,000 GRANT
Honorable Mention - Smart Community Network Challenge
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NEXT STEPS

Stage 2
Working Prototype due on June 22, 2018
Stage 3
Demo Event in Mountain View, CA., on August 14, 2018
Stage 4
$50,000 to $400,000 possible grant win awarded Fall 2018

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PROTOTYPE: CASSIANO HOMES

757 Clients & 499 Units

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PHASE 1: SOLAR LIVES HERE

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 SMART COMMUNITY NETWORKS
WINNING DESIGN - MESH WI-FI TECHNOLOGY
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 Sustainable | Scalable | Affordable | Open | Secure
Solar Mesh Technology
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Solar Pole with Mesh

Access Point

Solar Pole with

Microwave
and

Access Point
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 Solar Stats

Cloudy Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Sunny

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