[Open Design + Hardware] Article in Wired

[Kat Braybrooke]

Great piece, Primavera. And, I would say, not off-topic at all. These are
issues we should certainly be discussing in this group, especially related
to the hardware associated with such networks, and the participatory design
methods that have helped originate the democratic nature of such
collaborations.

Speaking of mesh networks getting started in local communities, here's
another one which has recently received enough funding to get developed for
a low-income estate in Gelydeg Merthyr Tydfil, aiming to reach over 4,000
homes: http://www.digitalmerthyr.org.uk/about

The groups who have put this together are an inspiring mix of industry,
not-for-profit and municipal actors. Gives me, at least, hope for the
future of new mesh networks to rival the community-driven ones of old.



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On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 7:31 AM, Aaron Huslage <aaron at iilab.org> wrote:

> She gets one point right. We have reached a time where we can deploy more
> than one Internet. The Internet we need to build looks nothing like the
> existing Internet and uses completely different, secure from the start,
> protocols that disintermediate carriers and other single-point bottlenecks.
> My friend Bob Frankston writes a lot about this stuff.
>
> http://frankston.com/public/?name=SustainableConnectivity
>
> We are keeping ourselves jailed and allowing others to claim our
> information destinies.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:40 AM, Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>wrote:
>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> On a slightly off-topical note, our Open Design & Hardware group
>> co-coordinator Primavera is prominently featured in Wired magazine with a
>> thought-inspiring article on mesh networks:
>>
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/its-time-to-take-mesh-networks-seriously-and-not-just-for-the-reasons-you-think/?cid=co16610714
>>
>> Well done, Primavera! :)
>>
>> -Christian
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