Editing Hardware

=Organizations=
[http://buythissatellite.org  Buy This Satellite]

A group raising money to buy unused telecommunications satellites and re-purpose them to provide access to undeserved geographies.

[[Freifunk]]

A Community Wireless group operating out of Germany, whose standards and routing protocols have gained worldwide popularity.

[[Village Telco]]

A group producing low-cost mesh hardware.

=Mesh networking on Android phones=

Some folks in Australia have come up with a way to do mesh networking over Android phones, if they are close enough together.  Their system provides a way to use VoIP over the mesh network, although the voice quality is poor.

[http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/researchers-enable-mesh-wifi-networking-for-android-smartphones.ars Description in ''Ars technica'']

=PirateBox=

According to its creator, a professor at New York University,

<blockquote>
PirateBox is a self-contained mobile collaboration and file sharing device. Simply turn it on to transform any space into a free and open file sharing network.
</blockquote>

It consists of a Debian GNU/Linux computer with a Web server attached to a wireless router.  It has no Internet connection, so you can't use it for downloads from external sources -- it's only for sharing among the people who can access it directly.  No passwords, no logins, no authentication.  The creator claims that you can build it for under $100.

[http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox Screenshots, FAQ, etc.]

[http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox_DIY Detailed instructions for assembly and configuration]

=Related Ideas=
[[Net Neutrality]]

[[Mesh Networks]]

[[Cognitive Radio]]

[[802.11]]

[[802.22]]

[[Privacy]]

[[MIND]]

=Prominent Thinkers=
[[Yochai Benkler]]

[[Kosta Grammatis]]

=Recommended Reading=
[[New Circuitry is Already Alive]] by [[user:isaac| isaac]]