I’m currently at the “MIT Media Lab’s”:1 20th anniversary event, where the “Walter Bender”:2 has invited all of us alumni back to the Lab to see what work is going on. One of the most interesting thing being talked about is the “$100 laptop project”:3, which integrates low cost Wi-Fi mesh networking. One of the best quotes about the project came from “Mike Bove”:4 (this was relayed via a third party, so the exact wording is certainly not correct):
> “When you have tens or hundreds of kids communicating with each other without the need for centralized access points, then the existing telecommunications system will really undergo a revolutionary change.”
He’s right. More mesh = less centralized (structure, control, dependency, cost). This is a great meme that needs to be promoted publicly. This is truly the power of *community* networking.
[1]http://www.media.mit.edu
[2]http://web.media.mit.edu/~walter
[3]http://laptop.media.mit.edu
[4]http://web.media.mit.edu/~vmb
Filed under: Community Wireless, Event, Mesh
