The challenge of delivering ICT services in a controlled fashion to disadvantaged homes has led to an innovative project in St Helens.

The project is a collaboration between partners such as the University of Liverpool and St Cuthbert's Catholic Community College of Business and Enterprise . It uses wireless links from the school to connect to thin client systems in homes. The system hopes to provide parents and other users with school and community information online.

Although Thin Clients won't work should the network fail and suffer when the quality of connection drops, the units themselves are reliable, relatively cheap, easy to manage and unattractive to thieves.

Find out more at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2190068/wireless-connect-st-helens