On Wed, Oct 8, 2014, at 08:21 AM, Paul Gardner-Stephen wrote: > Hello Nathan, > > Root would not be required to use this transport. > > In other words: adding the bluetooth device name transport would allow > most > stock Android phones to mesh, albeit at low data rates (~1KB/minute), and > with limited range (~10metres).
1kb is approx 7 full length tweets or text messages, so sounds good to me. Is there any repeater functionality that would extend messages beyond 10' as the people/phones move locations? > > Paul. > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Nathan of Guardian < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014, at 06:48 AM, Paul Gardner-Stephen wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > I have been following the discussion about FireChat, Gilgamesh and the > > > really interesting ideas in it for using bluetooth device names to > > > transfer > > > data. > > > > > > As someone pointed out, this transport could be fairly easily used by > > > Serval's Rhizome store-and-forward protocol, and this is something that I > > > am actively trying to find the means to make happen. Once we can make > > > this > > > work, MeshMS (end-to-end encrypted and authenticated text messaging) and > > > other Rhizome-based services will come for free. If anyone is interested > > > in helping us add support for this into Serval Mesh, we would welcome it. > > > > > > Paul Gardner-Stephen. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Guardian-dev mailing list > > > > > proje > > > > How would this affect the root requirement? > > > > Thanks for the interest and support! > > _______________________________________________ > > Guardian-dev mailing list > > > > Post: [email protected] > > List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev > > > > To Unsubscribe > > Send email to: [email protected] > > Or visit: > > https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/guardian-dev/paul%40servalproject.org > > > > You are subscribed as: [email protected] > > -- Nathan of Guardian [email protected] _______________________________________________ Guardian-dev mailing list Post: [email protected] List info: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/guardian-dev To Unsubscribe Send email to: [email protected] Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/guardian-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com You are subscribed as: [email protected]
