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posted by Jason Kottke  ·  gift link

This is cool: Internet-in-a-Box. “Up to 32 users who are within about 100m of the hotspot can connect to the device and access or download the content that exists on the device: Wikipedia slices, medical knowledge, videos, and books.”

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From the FAQ:

Do you need the best of the Internet (Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Khan Academy, Stack Exchange, ETC) with local content and learning apps for all? Customize an "Offline Internet" for your school, for your community — or for your very own family!

And:

Examples include orphanages and schools in Haiti, schools across southern Mexico, rural communities and libraries across southwest Ghana, remote schools in Myanmar/Burma and Cambodia, villages across India, a girls science school in Rwanda, community centers in Kenya, a youth community in rural Malaysia, to South Africa townships — as well as broad Central American deployments like Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic.

More information is available at this website.

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@benadamx.bsky.socialBluesky

used a couple for a 'connected village' pilot in kenya - neat tech, no idea if anyone ever used it

https://bsky.app/profile/kottke.org/post/3lwwk5fqws22z

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