[Commotion-dev] Looking to start Tidepools deployment here in St. Louis

Seamus Tuohy s2e at opentechinstitute.org
Thu Aug 29 21:34:37 UTC 2013


Hey Ben,

There will be an updated implementation of Tidepools running at IS4CWN
in Berlin. We are working on ti right now and can make sure to take some
video/etc when it is complete.

s2e


On 08/29/2013 05:28 PM, Ben West wrote:
> Hello List!
> 
> I'm hoping to get a Tidepools deployment going at some point soon here in
> St. Louis, ideally in tandem with a new mobile-friendly captive portal for
> the mesh here (or, to be honest, a portal that is at minimum not
> mobile-hostile).
> 
> This instance of Tidepools would be used to test out various use cases for
> the "Sunflower" solar-powered wifi mesh concept described on this video
> below.  In particular, I have a 1GHz CPU / 512MB box where Tidepools would
> live initially, with the eventual hope of transitioning to a small embedded
> PC like a Cubieboard or a MK808, so that everything could run on solar
> power.
> http://gowasabi.net/content/announcing-sunflower-mesh
> 
> And also possibly we could take advantage of the St. Louis transit
> authority maybe maybe maybe soon making realtime bus location data
> available to 3rd party integrators.
> 
> I see this mobile instance of Tidepools mentioned on the website, with a
> couple apps:
> https://rhiwifi.co/
> 
> Likewise, the github repo looks to be very busy!  Excellent work, Jonathan!
> https://github.com/opentechinstitute/TidePools-Mobile
> 
> If the Redhook Tidepools instance mentioned above is a bit out of date, are
> there perhaps any other live instances of Tidepools showing how the mobile
> UI is working now?
> 
> 
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