Hello, Serval Rhizome is also targeted at this kind of use case, and is what we intend to run over these transports. We are negotiating with a potential funder to start working on integrating this into Serval. I don't think we can get funding to do it completely, but I hope we can get it to a proof-of-concept.
Paul. On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Nathan of Guardian < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014, at 03:14 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > > > > It seems that the most promising use case for gilgamesh is for data > > transmission as people walk by each other, etc. in public spaces. There > > is > > probably a lot to learn from similar projects that were built around this > > same > > idea. > > > > One that comes to mind that was a hot topic in 2007 is providing rural > > internet access by putting local wifi boxes in buses. At bus stops, > > there is > > another wifi box, so when the buses stop, the two exchange data. Its a > > kind > > of newsgroup/UUCP system. It was set up by technicians, so if we found > > them, > > I imagine they'd have a lot to say about how to get drive-by data systems > > working. > > > > Here's an article about it: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6506193.stm > > > > The organization is apparently based in Cambridge, MA, maybe you could > > say > > hello, Nathan: > > http://www.unitedvillages.com/ > > http://www.firstmilesolutions.com/ > > Great point, and great find. I will definitely see what they think about > this. It does seem like they have created their own "mesh" solution that > is not really mesh, and is closely linked to the real world problem they > are trying to solve. > _______________________________________________ > 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] >
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