Inveneo Low Power Advantage: 60 Hours of Computing on One Charge

Submitted by Inveneo Newsfeed on 31 August 2010 - 6:12am.

The cost of electricity is a huge barrier to ICT adoption in the developing world. Rolling blackouts are common in cities, while in peri-urban and rural areas, there's no grid electricity infrastructure - its all solar or generator power. Yet petrol or diesel generators are noisy, costly and hard to maintain and solar power is expensive - $10+ per Watt.

Every Watt Counts

In an effort to make every watt count, Inveneo offers low-power computers that are highly energy efficient. We've reduced the power draw of an Inveneo Computing Station to 17 Watts thanks to custom LCD screens and Intel Atom chipsets. But what does that really mean for an end user?

To be truthful, even we were blown away by the difference. We knew the Dell would burn through the standard deep cycle battery pretty quickly. It lasted only 3 hours. But we didn't expect the Inveneo Computing Station to last for 60 hours - 20x longer.

For everyone from a cybercafe owner to a school to a microfinance institution, this should be an immediate "wow!". With Inveneo you can go 1.5 weeks on a single charge, reducing dependency on grid power or generator usage. And your solar power costs will be 1/10th or less than a traditional computer.