[SGVHAK] Internet in a Box Project: Anyone want to help?

[Michael Starch]

Braddock,

Hey sorry I did not respond right away. I would definitely love to help, if
I can.

What are the next steps? What specifically can I do to help?

-Michael


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Doug <dougvargas at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I'd definitely love to help - it sounds like a great humanitarian project
> and I'm sure there are going to be lots of fun technical challenges
> associated with accessing that much data. Plus with a little work it could
> easily morph into the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy ;)
>
> Braddock <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >For months I've been spending spare time on my Internet-in-a-Box
> >project.  There is still a lot to do, and I was wondering if anyone
> >wants to volunteer to help.
> >
> >The concept:
> >Convert a Seagate GoFlex Satellite wireless harddrive (possibly solar
> >powered) into a portable offline "internet" hotspot with most(?) of the
> >world's Free knowledge and information.  Ship to schools and villages in
> >the developing world (I have contacts from my old Wikipedia Reader
> >project).  Accessible via low end smart phone, tablet, or PC.
> >
> >I am aiming to provide:
> >
> >-World-wide maps down to street level (OpenStreetMap)
> >
> >-Complete Wikipedia in a dozen languages
> >
> >-Tens of thousands of Project Gutenberg texts in multiple languages
> >
> >-Most of the world's Open Source software - complete Ubuntu repository
> >mirrors including source code.
> >
> >-Hundreds of hours of Khan Academy instructional videos (CC)
> >
> >-More?
> >
> >
> >Many things remain to be done, for example:
> >
> >-Evaluate and integrate a faster Wikipedia solution which can work well
> >on the (slow) Satellite (128MB RAM ARM)
> >-A mobile-friendly Project Gutenberg browser
> >-A mobile-friendly video browser
> >-A mobile-friendly Open Source software browser
> >-Cross-domain search functionality and content indexing
> >-More?
> >
> >Platform is a chroot ARM Debian on the Satellite using Python and Flask
> >as glue.
> >
> >I'm determined to have this ready to go by April.
> >
> >thanks,
> >-braddock
> >
>



-- 
Michael
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