[guardian-dev] Gilgamesh, FireChat etc

Nathan of Guardian nathan at guardianproject.info
Fri Oct 10 16:32:41 EDT 2014



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.


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