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Addressing the issue of providing mobile in off-the-grid areas.

the XO laptops also create their own mesh networks. I haven't found a good write up about it, but here's the wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Mesh_Network_Details

"Atau Tanaka bridges the fields of media art, experimental music, and research. He worked at IRCAM, was Artistic Ambassador for Apple France, has been researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris, and was an Artistic Co-Director of STEIM in Amsterdam. Atau creates sensor-based musical instruments for performance, and is known for his work with biosignal interfaces. He seeks to harness collective musical creativity in mobile environments, seeking out the continued place of the artist in democratized digital forms. His work has been presented at Ars Electronica, SFMOMA, Eyebeam, V2, ICC, and ZKM and has been mentor at NESTA. He is Chair of Digital Media at Newcastle University"

frontline + mapping