A small village in India, Pabal, experiences approximately eight hours of power cuts per day. It is not known when there will be a steady and reliable power supply to the village. The lack of electricity inhibits the use of computers in the village, and even the thirteen computers in the local junior college computer lab sit idle for much of the day. Batteries are used in the lab, but only to prevent work from being lost; a battery can support a computer system for a mere 20 minutes after the power has been cut. One solution to this problem is a way of storing more charge than these batteries, but in conjunction a computer system that runs on minimal power and yet still performs the basic requirements of the people is needed. Such a computer system will be able to run on battery power for a significant amount of time.

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