Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever

rysiek rysiek at hackerspace.pl
Thu Nov 13 02:17:25 PST 2014


Dnia czwartek, 13 listopada 2014 09:52:35 Eugen Leitl pisze:
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lantern-one-device-free-data-from-space-f
> orever
> 
> Global access to the Internet’s best content on your mobile device.
> Anonymous. Uncensored. Free. Chicago, Illinois, United States   Technology
> 
> 
> A Library In Every Pocket
> 
> “The Short Wave Radio for the Digital Age.” -- Fast Company
> 
> “A Tiny Satellite Dish That Brings Info to the World’s Deadzones.” -- Wired
> 
> “Outernet aims to provide data to the net unconnected.” -- BBC
> 
> "Billions of people around the world don't have access to the Internet, so
> the next big thing is trying to connect the world." -- CNN
> 
> 
> Lantern is an anonymous portable library that constantly receives free data
> from space.
> 
> Like the water we drink or the air we breathe, the information we consume
> feeds the very essence of what it means to be human. Lantern establishes a
> new baseline of human knowledge. We are not fixing the world for people, we
> are giving them the information they need to fix it themselves.
> 
> Lantern continuously receives radio waves broadcast by Outernet from space.
> Lantern turns the signal into digital files, like webpages, news articles,
> ebooks, videos, and music. Lantern can receive and store any type of
> digital file on its internal drive. To view the content stored in Lantern,
> turn on the Wi-Fi hotspot and connect to Lantern with any Wi-Fi enabled
> device. All you need is a browser.
> 
> Oh, and Outernet is free to use, always.
> 
> [...]

Is it just me, or does it reek of snakeoil?.. Also, is it in any way related 
to:
https://getlantern.org/

-- 
Pozdr
rysiek
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