Solar Computer invented by South African Engineers.

Africa's infrastructure has always been underdeveloped, and energy shortages are also serious. Recently, however, an emerging IT company in Cape Town, South Africa has taken a different approach and designed its own desktop computer that uses solar energy . The company said the invention of the solar computer was designed to deal with the African energy crisis.

yourtechnews.xyz learned from a report in "BDLIVE": Cape Town-based IT company Capsule Technologies has just designed a solar-powered desktop computer that runs on Android and is the first in Africa A computer using solar energy.


This computer is one of the products of the "Design Capital of the World" project. The power consumption required for operation is only 20 watts, while other desktop computers are between 200W and 400W, which varies greatly. Using this computer can reduce a lot of energy consumption. As the technology company founder MeganVerkuil said on Friday: "The product was designed and manufactured to deal with Africa's energy crisis."


It is reported that in addition to being able to install solar panels , this computer also has WIFI unlimited network connection function, 500GB hard drive memory, 4GB cache RAM, and its retail price is 3300 rand (PS: South African currency unit, R for short)


The founder of the company also said, "The reason why Android was chosen as the computer's operating system is that most young people in Africa use Android-based smartphones and are familiar with Android. In addition, our computers are also compatible with various systems. This kind of open source software does not need to spend a lot of money to buy software that requires payment or high fees. On the other hand, although the computer we designed is not beautiful and attractive, it is durable and dustproof, suitable for dusty African landscapes. Computers that belong to Africa and are designed for African communities that lack electricity. Finally, our company can create more jobs and hire more workers in the future. "

Capsule Technologies currently has 10 R & D personnel and has been established for less than 5 months. However, the company hopes to expand its business in African countries and is currently negotiating with other countries.


The ICT industry is a key industry supported in western Cape Town. The industry employs 30,000 people in the province and has an output value of 3 billion rand. Because the authorities have adopted many preferential policies to support industrial development, the province has always attracted many information technology companies and emerging companies. For example, last year the authorities issued a statement that they would invest R $ 50 million in the next three years to support the development of the information and communication technology industry. In addition, the authorities will carry out infrastructure construction projects, especially the construction of broadband facilities to further promote the development of the communications technology industry. It is expected that more than R14.5 billion will be dedicated to infrastructure construction in the next three years.


It is reported that important officials of the Cape Town authorities recently visited CapsuleTechnologies and gave a high evaluation to this company. He highly praised the company's contribution to leading technological innovation in Africa and is a model for African innovative companies. It also shows Africa's ability to solve its own problems in its own unique way!