Professors from A&S, the iSchool and Falk work to bring Internet to remote areas in Costa Rica with a $416,000 grant from the Internet Society Foundation. Over the next year, the team will deploy six Internet Backpacks in six remote areas of Costa Rica. The self-powered and self-contained Internet Backpacks are equipped with a high-powered lithium-ion battery, a 50-watt foldable solar panel that allows the battery to recharge when standard AC recharging is unavailable, power adapters, USB cables, international converters, two smart devices such as a cell phone or tablet, and a satellite terminal. The backpack utilizes a specialized router that supports cellular based broadband, satellite, Wi-Fi and GPS signals. Read more.