Our technical team leads by Ali Toure is working on a new model of radio transmitters. This is an amelioration of the first version used in northern Mali. The first prototype of the new version is already made and tested with success. We hope to use that new version with an LCD screen for the new radio stations in northern Mali.

A popular homemade antenna design is one based on waveguide theory. A metal pipe is used to guide radio waves to an active element; one end of the pipe is open to the air, and it is this open end that is pointed to the source or destination. Typical designs are the cantenna designs, where an appropriately sized commercial can is pressed into service as an antenna.

The first radio masts designed by Geekcorps arrived today to the office. This new design allows having a perfect signal broadcast on 360 degres. We are very impatient to test it on the field with our new transmitters.

Geekcorps had the visit of Katherine Nightingale, a journalist of the online magazine SciDev Net last November. Katherine visited our lab in Bamako and we went to the village of Kolokani to visit one of our Cybertigi centers. As usual in Kolokani, we were welcome by Westin, our Peacecorps volunteer friend and Fodeba Doumbia, the manager of the Cybertigi. You can read the article here.

The Geek team is ready to go this Friday to visit the village of Kelea. Jackline, a dynamic Peacecorps volunteer, arranged a meeting with the authorities to talk about a possible new Cybertigi center. Geekcorps has been working hard on the Cybertigi 2.0 project and we are more than happy to collaborate with Peacecorps volunteer to promote ICT in the most remote places of Mali.