Off-Grid Inter-Neighborhood Networks
CEME 1202 | Sat 08 Aug 2 p.m.–2:45 p.m.
Presented by
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Vagrant Cascadian
@https://floss.social/@vagrantc
https://www.aikidev.net
Vagrant strives to make Reproducible Builds a best practices reality for everyone. Vagrant discovered free software late last millennium and has been contributing to free software since the beginning of this millennium. A long-time Debian Developer and contributor to Guix, tinkering with ARM and RISC-V systems, Vagrant contrasts spending too much time on computers with aikido, bicycle commuting and a DIY solar hobby.
Vagrant Cascadian
@https://floss.social/@vagrantc
https://www.aikidev.net
Vagrant strives to make Reproducible Builds a best practices reality for everyone. Vagrant discovered free software late last millennium and has been contributing to free software since the beginning of this millennium. A long-time Debian Developer and contributor to Guix, tinkering with ARM and RISC-V systems, Vagrant contrasts spending too much time on computers with aikido, bicycle commuting and a DIY solar hobby.
Abstract
What if we developed a Federated network that was intentionally... not connected to the internet?
An off-line first, off-grid network...
Where limited range and high degrees of locality were a feature to help build connections between neighbors?
Where slow and possibly infrequent, sporadic connectivity between neighborhoods was a design intention, maybe even a special occasion?
Where information could be delivered by bicycle, or seriously, why not carrier pidgeon?
There is free software to make this possible already, time to put the pieces together!
What if we developed a Federated network that was intentionally... not connected to the internet?
An off-line first, off-grid network...
Where limited range and high degrees of locality were a feature to help build connections between neighbors?
Where slow and possibly infrequent, sporadic connectivity between neighborhoods was a design intention, maybe even a special occasion?
Where information could be delivered by bicycle, or seriously, why not carrier pidgeon?
There is free software to make this possible already, time to put the pieces together!