Educational Resources

Welcome to the Freedom Toaster Educational Resources page.

When the Wright brothers first flew their mechanical flying machine on December 17th 1903, everyone still thought that flying was only for the birds. Now we don't even think twice about people getting in an aeroplane and flying halfway around the world. In just over a century of mechanised flight people have grown accustomed to having flight as one of the options regarding travel. This has revolutionised global travel and business shipment options.

The Freedom Toaster concept may not be quite as radical as mechanical flying machines, but it's ability to bring digital information to places where there has been none (or where bandwidth is costly or of poor quality) can bring about many positive changes to people's lives, businesses' bottom lines, and countries' economic and cultural well being.

The Shuttleworth Foundation has produced specific documents and articles that will help educate people about the Freedom Toaster, both in it's concept and it's physical reality. Please feel free to browse through these resources and download any that you find useful for yourself or for the community that you are living or working in.