Alas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agoActivists are Designing Mesh Networks to Deploy During Civil Unrestwww.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down11
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkActivists are Designing Mesh Networks to Deploy During Civil Unrestwww.vice.comAlas Poor Erinaceus@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareSandySocks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·15 hours agoThe project it looks based on is Meshtastic, the nodes are pretty cheap, you can even find them on Amazon if your truly desperate. https://meshtastic.org/
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoThere’s also MeshCore, and now the networks are split between these 2.
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-210 hours agoWell… Shit. Time to check out meshcore! Edit: Nah, company driven. I’ll keep the fully open GPL 3 meshtastic my preferred
minus-squarevinnymac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·14 hours agoIf someone is interested in getting involved with meshtastic but doesn’t have soldering or any electronics background you can purchase ready made devices from many vendors. https://muzi.works/products/refurbished-r1-with-external-antenna https://lilygo.cc/products/t-deck-plus-meshtastic?variant=45315795845301
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoThere are lots of competing LoRa mesh networks right now.
The project it looks based on is Meshtastic, the nodes are pretty cheap, you can even find them on Amazon if your truly desperate.
https://meshtastic.org/
I LOVE Meshtastic!
There’s also MeshCore, and now the networks are split between these 2.
Well… Shit. Time to check out meshcore!
Edit: Nah, company driven.
I’ll keep the fully open GPL 3 meshtastic my preferred
If someone is interested in getting involved with meshtastic but doesn’t have soldering or any electronics background you can purchase ready made devices from many vendors.
https://muzi.works/products/refurbished-r1-with-external-antenna
https://lilygo.cc/products/t-deck-plus-meshtastic?variant=45315795845301
It’s a fun project!
There are lots of competing LoRa mesh networks right now.