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I took a look at FireChat, but bluetooth is a bit too 'nearby' for me. Very cool that it's off the grid, but only useful if you're basically right next to them
by nemasu 12y ago
I took a look at FireChat, but bluetooth is a bit too 'nearby' for me.
Very cool that it's off the grid, but only useful if you're basically right next to them anyways.
I wanted something like: talk to everyone nearby in a football/hockey/tri-d chess stadium, but bluetooth falls a bit short. What would be really cool is if you could set up a relay system through other devices.
I've made (i.e. works, but not polished yet) something similar: http://www.shoutium.com http://www.shoutium.com
which has ranges of 1-100KM around your current location.
It does require internet, so it probably isn't aimed at the firechat crowd anyways.
Very few users unfortunately, guess I'll work on advertising after the iOS version is done -_-
- riffic 12y agoSlight (http://slight.la http://slight.la) is one way of leaving messages in a location; those running the app receive a notification when new messages are left nearby.
- higherpurpose 12y agoI wonder of LTE Direct, which goes up to 500m would help that, but I'm worried the carriers will be able to control it somehow, which will make it kind of pointless in terms of decentralizing the technology. I'm also very disappointed in the Wi-Fi Alliance for not creating a better long-distance Wi-Fi. That's its future right there - disrupting cellular, and getting more people to prefer Wi-Fi over cellular. But that's only going to happen if we can easily create "mesh networks" across the country.
- prawks 12y agoYikYak is similar to what you're talking about, though it's anonymous by design. IIRC it's limited to a 10-mile radius. http://www.yikyakapp.com/ http://www.yikyakapp.com/