The Primus Balloon

The antenna (which is a little too big for a balloon), the router and some laptops for testing.

Work on the first stage in getting a site to the space have already started.

¿The objective? Run the site for a full month in a highly populated area from a balloon.

For those interested in the tech, we have an oversized antenna and a router with openWRT running olsrd. Also two laptops running olsrd create a small mesh.

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In Torrent Freak

A few days ago we were tipped off about a rather intriguing discussion that’s currently taking place on the the Pirate Parties International (PPI) mailing list. Apparently, the Pirates have big plans to launch a file-sharing site (torrent, we assume) into space.

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In Andy Greenberg’s Blog

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s an anarchic, copyright-flouting peer-to-peer filesharing site hosted from a high-altitude balloon.

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