2026-08-04 21:28 UTC
Seeing things about hosting websites on old phones, powered via solar, ....
The thing I don't quite get about that is they're connected via wifi. To a router that's probably just as powerful and could do that job. But it's probably also not solar powered.
So are these mostly art projects? Is there a way to make this "properly" a sustainable thing? What's the real goal?
#permacomputing
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@stfn@mastodon.com.pl 2026-08-04 22:05
@tiefpunkt@social.tchncs.de here's my solution to the problem that you mention: my solar powered server is connected to an LTE router/modem that is also powered by the same solar panel https://stfn.pl/blog/80-solar-website-with-custom-backend/
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@PatrickHerd@aus.social 2026-08-04 21:35
@tiefpunkt@social.tchncs.de Are you familiar with "Low Tech Magazine" ?
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@liaizon@social.wake.st 2026-08-15 13:32
@tiefpunkt@social.tchncs.de if you take I to consideration the fact that most places these are being set up in will already have WiFi, your not using much more electricity then is already being used. But you could just as easily plug your WiFi router into a solar panel. And manu people *are* using the routers for direct hosting using things like openwrt