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For the cost of a micro SD card (or a small micro SD for the OS and an inexpensive USB hard drive for actual data storage) and an Orange Pi Zero (about $10), th
by Udo 7y ago
For the cost of a micro SD card (or a small micro SD for the OS and an inexpensive USB hard drive for actual data storage) and an Orange Pi Zero (about $10), this could also become a low-power headless Wifi access point providing Wikipedia and other offline data to mobile devices, for example in a school or a community center. Kiwix does offer a standalone HTTP server for ZIM files. The same device could also have provisions for local messaging and storing local user data.
- reaperducer 7y agoThere's more to "cost" then price. Your scheme adds several orders of magnitude in complexity and points of failure.
- Udo 7y agoMy "scheme", in its simplest form, is to serve the same content over HTTP to nearby phones, and has in fact one fewer point of failure - namely the old TV. There are advantages and disadvantages to both approaches, but it's not inherently more complex. The premise is of course that this works better because it distributes the information among more people at the same time, as long as wifi-capable phones are common in the community.