A Low-Cost, Low-Power DIY Cellular Data Network
Found on Shareable on Sunday, 28 August 2011
The Village Base Station is a low-power, easy to deploy tool developed by Berkeley professor Kurtis Heimerl to create a GSM cellular data network in areas with limited power and network resources.
Potential uses are numerous: individuals in rural areas with limited Internet access would benefit from these pop-up cellular data connections, and it could serve as a game-changer for areas of the developing world with limited network access.
Also it would make it harder to shut down connections when suddenly backup nodes pop up.