Well folks from the organizing committee told me offline access would be front and center this year so there’s definitely room for more offline sessions!
> On 26 Mar 2025, at 22:35, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, while I'm not sure there is room for a third session about offline > Wikipedia, there might be some interesting things to do during the Hackathon. > > Specifically, there is a lot more attention to "offline friendly" > technologies like LoRa/Meshtastic, an inexpensive, long range wireless > peer/mesh system of radios to communicate with text messaging at low > bandwidth (1 kbps). This might be an interesting opportunity to see what > types of offline Wikipedia services might be practical using these types of > inexpensive devices. The good news is that LoRa uses unlicensed ISM bands > depending on the locale, and does not requiring a license or any subscription > fees. > > There are "international" devices that can use wireless spectrum appropriate > for different countries, so this might be a good time to experiment or > showcase these types of applications. > > Sample device: > https://www.seeedstudio.com/SenseCAP-Card-Tracker-T1000-E-for-Meshtastic-p-5913.html > > Example BBS/service on LoRa: > https://github.com/TheCommsChannel/TC2-BBS-mesh > > -Andrew > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Offline-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
