[Powerstation-discuss] Hackupy

Sat Nov 19 19:21:53 UTC 2011

I am working on some flash mob ideas for san francisco, this looks
brilliant!

I'll second the notes below too about twitter - incredible amounts of our
information go through there, and we worry about that. Suggestions welcome.

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On Nov 19, 2011 10:37 AM, "Chris Jefferies" <chris at tinajalabs.com> wrote:

> For the flash mob tools, FrontlineSMS looks very useful.
> http://www.frontlinesms.com/
> http://www.frontlinesms.com/aboutthesoftware/about-the-software/
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Akiba <chris at freaklabs.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Thanks to those attending Hackupy at Tokyo Hackerspace. Here’s a summary
> for those that missed it.
> >
> >
> >
> > -          Nick Farr came down from Kyoto to attend and talk about his
> experiences at Zucotti Park at the beginning days of the occupy protests
> >
> > -          Three members from Noisebridge came down to talk about what
> Noisebridge is doing for OccupySF and one member from NYC Resistor talking
> about NY sanitation
> >
> > -          There is a mailing list to discuss technology for the Occupy
> movement at: powerstation-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> >
> > -          Topics
> >
> > l         Using Ushahidi as a central map-based website to locate
> activity around the protest areas so that newcomers can just check the site
> to see where to go
> >
> > l         Phone based emails, texts, twitter can be posted to it
> >
> > l         This actually went live as we were talking about it by a
> separate group: http://maps.occupy.net
> >
> > l         Centralized repository for information
> >
> > l         Similar to the earthquake wiki we had set up
> >
> > l         Currently at the hackerspaces wiki:
> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Useful_links_for#occupy_protesters
> >
> > l         Please add useful links to it
> >
> > l         Car battery based phone charger
> >
> > l         Taylan’s design he came up with for the tsunami victims is
> extremely useful in this situation:
> http://taylanayken.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/12v-phone-charger-v2-0
> >
> > l         We gave four complete kits to the Noisebridge guys to bring
> back to SF
> >
> > l         ACTION: Taylan is to post the eagle files (currently only
> png). Also, can you put up a copy of the project page on the THS project
> site?
> >
> > l         Portable PA system
> >
> > l         People at Zucotti park have to use a human mic to relay
> messages
> >
> > l         Nick came up with idea of using FM transmitters to transmit
> voice around the whole area
> >
> > l         This can be extended to a portable, battery operated PA system
> using a 0.5 to 1W FM transmitter and multiple FM receivers + headphone amps
> + small built-in speakers (ie: Altoids tins with speakers)
> >
> > l         Akiba (that’s me folks) is currently looking into developing
> this
> >
> > l         Flash mob tools
> >
> > l         #ows protests may utilize flash mob style for next phases
> >
> > l         Any ideas on how to organize something like this
> >
> > l         Tokyo Hackerspace Crisis Management Group
> >
> > l         MRE, Nick, and I were discussing that ows, the japan
> earthquake, Egypt, etc have multiple things in common:
> >
> > l         Need for information, communication, power – basic
> infrastructure things we normally take for granted
> >
> > l         In Tokyo Hackerspace, I’m starting up a crisis management
> group to start developing hardware with these assumptions
> >
> > l         I am volunteering MRE to the group. He has no choice.
> >
> > l         The main purpose I want to do this is:
> >
> > Ø         Things like car battery phone chargers, portable PA systems,
> pirate FM transmitters, etc are extremely useful in crisis/disaster
> scenarios
> >
> > Ø         There is no market for it so we can’t rely on commercial
> entities to make these
> >
> > Ø         As we’ve seen, by the time we need it, if it’s not ready to
> go, it’s too late
> >
> > l         With these in mind, we should start building a crisis toolkit
> now in the anticipation that more disaster/crisis scenarios will occur in
> the future
> >
> >
> >
> > Useful information
> >
> > l         Most of occupy is currently being organized via facebook and
> twitter
> >
> > l         People are finding their info via twitter
> >
> > l         This implies that information organization is currently a
> problem
> >
> > l         Also implies that information history is difficult
> >
> > l         Any suggestions on taking massive amounts of twitter data and
> organizing it would be useful
> >
> >
> >
> > Akiba
> >
> > FreakLabs Open Source Wireless
> >
> > Web: http://www.freaklabs.org
> >
> > Shop:http://www.freaklabsstore.com
> >
> > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/freaklabs
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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