A device for Twitter for the developing world...

I've started a new project and I would like to get the HN community's thoughts.

I'm creating a device for using Twitter that:

1) is totally self-contained, 2) uses solar / hand crank power, and 3) uses satellites for connectivity (so it can be used anywhere on Earth).

The device will take different form factors, i.e. one version will be a tablet, one will be a large, free standing unit that a crowd could congregate around, etc.

I'm going to give these devices to people who live in the developing world, and who do not have access to Twitter, the internet, or to the "global conversation."

My intent is to circumvent poverty, lack of technical infrastructure, and government control by giving anyone, anywhere, the ability to communicate on Twitter.

This is a not-for-profit project (it's going to be based out of a large university in Chicago).

I'm hoping that people will use the device for social, political, and practical, bi-directional communication.

The devices will run a custom Twitter client with normal client functionality.

However, we will also route (and translate) all applicable messages to communities of people who have agreed to help with the project, i.e. farming questions in Africa will be routed to a collection of farmers and agriculture PhD's; political issues will be sent to a collection of people at the United Nations, etc.

The basic idea is to open lines of communication into societies where there are none, and in doing so, increase cultural understanding and encourage peace.

Thoughts?

Thanks, @jkarp