Join the power of 10!

On 10/10/2010, The Power of 10 (http://jointhepowerof10.org) is launched. It is aiming to raise $100,000 for education in Cambodia. The campaign uses Piryx (http://piryx.com) for donation processing.

The Power of 10 is a campaign aimed at raising funds and awareness about the work that PEPY is doing by creating a global network of informed, engaged, and active citizens. It is not only about highlighting how far your $10 can go, but how far-reaching YOUR impact can be. It’s about YOU, being a link in a long chain of people who want to invest and believe in Cambodia’s future.

I am just helping a bit with web stuffs. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

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Mesh Network

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Though one could easily figure out what these two words mean, I happened to come in touch with the terminology only when I had a chance to really touch an XO laptop about 10 months ago.

There are a lot of magics at work in connecting these green nodes. It is very interactive to see those nodes visualized on the screen. And social exchanges happen through that visualization.

I have very keen interest in means of relaying information anonymously through mobile phones under heavy surveillance from restrictive regimes such as Iran and Burma. The best is to be able to setup spontaneous and fluid network within a trusted group.

Mesh network setup among XO laptops intrigued me to wonder if it would be applicable among mobile phones.

After a few googlings, I got a lead - bluetooth. I personally think bluetooth is a under-utilized feature because I have never used it from my mobile. And now it is even more impossible with my current very basic Nokia phone with no bling bling but a handy torchlight.

Bluetooth has limitation in range though; bluetooth in usual phones can communicate within 10 meters range only.

I have a few ideas on possible usages in for information centers in rural areas and among activists. To be continued.