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Right now most people, almost
two thirds of humans on Earth
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are not on the Internet
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And when access is available, it's
generally expensive and slow.
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That means getting the latest educational
material to majority of children
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at schools around the world is very
difficult and costly.
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Often, materials are either out of date,
or not available at all.
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That's why Learning Equality
created KA Lite:
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to bring high quality educational
materials like Khan Academy
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to places that the Internet
does not reach.
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Devices or SD cards loaded
with KA Lite
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can be carried in on foot and
used totally offline.
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But once it's there,
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we need a way for content and updates
to be distributed efficiently,
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when there's not Internet,
or bandwidth is limited.
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To help solve this problem
we are exited
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to announce the partnership with Outernet,
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and the release of exciting new perk
in our campaign.
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Thanks, Jamie!
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We are thrilled to partner with
Learning Equality
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and create a version of Lighthouse that
comes with KA Lite pre-installed.
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We are calling it:
KA Lighthouse!
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Lighthouse works as a WiFi router
mixed with a hard drive.
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Any WiFi enabled device,
like a smartphone, tablet or laptop,
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can connect to Lighthouse and
browse the content on it.
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Like all of Khan Academy courseware
on KA Lighthouse.
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Pretty much in the middle of
nowhere in Illinois,
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we are going to bolt a satellite dish
to a random tree,
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and within a few minutes we gonna
have a digital library up and running.
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What makes Outernet special is when you
plug Lighthouse into a satellite dish,
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anywhere in the world, the Lighthouse
hard drive downloads
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new content from Outernet
satellites in space.
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New courses, new videos, new books...
new anything.
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All for free!
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Outernet is designed to work
where the Internet doesn't,
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using the same satellite TV dishes found
in even the most remote villages.
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We are thrilled to support
Learning Equality
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in their creation of Kolibri,
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and work to send even more
educational content
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to the most remote parts of the world.
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Thank you Thane!
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By donating to our Kolibri campaign and
selecting the KA Lighthouse perk,
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for yourself, or to bring to
a community you know,
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your support will help spread educational
opportunities all around the world!