Photos: Green Wi-Fi's sun-powered gear

When they came up with the idea for Green Wi-Fi, the organization's co-founders, Bruce Baikie and Marc Pomerleau, both worked at computer company Sun Microsystems. Baikie still works for the company as a telecommunications industry strategy and solutions manager. Pomerleau, who was a member of the marketing team for Sun's identity management products, now works for Green Wi-Fi full time. The solar-powered Wi-Fi network nodes they developed cost less than $200 apiece and can operate with each other from a distance of up to one kilometer.

Photo by Bruce Baikie/Green Wi-Fi