News-Gazette (June 4) -- Each week, staff writer Paul Wood talks with a high-tech difference-maker. This week, meet University of Illinois graduate DANNY GARDNER, 23, the CEO of Mesh++, a Champaign startup that aims to expand Wi-Fi connectivity using solar power. His company won several awards at the University of Illinois and is exploding worldwide. It has operated out of Shenzhen, China, at the HAX Accelerator, the world's first and largest hardware startup accelerator.