[sudo-discuss] What projects are you working on?

[Craig Rouskey]

GETit is collaborating with local clinics to develop novel therapies for
the eradication of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea.


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I'm working with Judi from San Leandro to put together our first BACH [Bay
> Area Consortium of Hackerspaces] newsletter. We'd like to highlight the
> projects people are working on in various hackerspaces around the Bay Area.
> *Please reply to this thread with a one-sentence description of something
> you've been working on at the space* (feel free to add more details, but
> start with a sentence that summarizes so I don't have to ;) ).
>
> I'll start: The Oakland mesh group just finished a successful
> crowdfunding campaign <https://www.wepay.com/xtewtey> to bootstrap the
> first 100 nodes, consisting of low-cost routers and antennas to make
> point-to-point wifi connections across the East Bay.
>
> Mesh networks are awesome because they don't depend on the existing
> centralized Internet Service Providers to function. Though they can be
> connected to the Internet as we know it now, a mesh provides a
> decentralized means of communication with our local community. We view mesh
> networks as a means of reconnecting to our neighbors, supporting local
> businesses, and enabling grassroots community collaboration. In the event
> of disaster or government censorship, an active mesh network is a resilient
> mode of communication and sharing of information. Learn more<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh>
> .
> Thanks!
> Jenny
> http://jennyryan.net
> http://thepyre.org
> http://thevirtualcampfire.org
> http://technomadic.tumblr.com
>
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>  "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
> -Laurie Anderson
>
> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
>  -Hannah Arendt
>
> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
> -Stéphane Mallarmé
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