Transcript Project WIN: WIRELESS INTRANET

Project WIN:
WIRELESS INTRANET
Daniel Gardner, Jeeth Suresh, and Asavari Tayal
ABOUT
60% OF THE HUMAN RACE DOES NOT HAVE INTERNET
There’s no infrastructure
Communication
infrastructure isn’t
justified for communities
without a significant
economy
Data plans are expensive
Data plans cost over
$50/month in remote
areas, if even offered
WiFi devices are useless
WiFi-enabled devices,
donated through
organizations such as One
Laptop Per Child, are
relatively useless without
a wireless network
OUR SOLUTION: A WiFi-BASED INTRANET
Node hotspots
Store 16GB of resources and
link into the network via WiFi,
eliminating the need for the
global internet to access
resources
Hosted web apps
Nodes will provide instant
messaging, e-mail, and a
simple forum for quick
internal communication
Solar-powered
Not limited by electricity
infrastructure, batterypowered at night for constant
connection
Central
connection to
cellular network
Hosted education
Central server will host
educational programs for
download as well as
materials such as Wikipedia,
Project Gutenberg, and
others
+1.7%
Increase in exports (10% adoption)
+1.1%
Increase in imports (10% adoption)
$3,703
Average GDP of developing nations
Sources: Brookings, UNCTAD
$227 BILLION
Projected increase in the world economy following a
10% increase in third-world internet access
Hard
Drive
NODE
Raspberry Pi
Solar Panel
&
Battery
Interface
SD
Card
WiFi
Module
Microcontroller
Interface
WiFi
Card
Cellular
Antenna
SERVER
REQUIREMENTS & VERIFICATION
Power
Nodes must be able to provide
at least 300mA at 3.3V
constantly on 10 hours of direct
sunlight per day
Integration
Microcontroller must be able to
pass SD card data through the
UART to the ESP module at
4.5Mbps without any other limiting
factors
Uptime
The network must be self-healing,
properly adapting to a node
failing. Nodes must gracefully find
a new path on which to send data
to the required node in less than
five seconds (the total time spent
finding a new path is < 5s)
Durability
Nodes must be able to
withstand torrential downpour
and a 3m drop
Networking
Packets must traverse the
network through nodes at a rate
of no less than 100kbps
Affordability
The price must be affordable for
a low-income family - no more
than $20USD/node and no more
than $100USD/server
OUR ETHICAL MISSION
Mental Health concerns
with any kind of
communication tool
Piracy is a huge concern
as the network is
decentralized
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
Node/Server V1 PCB
Revision 2 PCB
Student Grants
Establish
Contact with
Nonprofits
Professional Grants
Organization
Partnership
Release
Trial Runs
Final Revision
References
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Outernet, 'Lighthouse', 2015. [Online]. Available: https://outernet.is/lighthouse. [Accessed: 02- Oct- 2015].
Infodev.org, 'The Wireless Internet Opportunity For Developing Countries', 2015. [Online]. Available:
http://www.infodev.org/articles/wireless-internet-opportunity-developing-countries. [Accessed: 02- Oct- 2015].
PewGlobal.org, 'Communications Technology in Emerging and Developing Nations', 2015. [Online]. Available:
http://www.pewglobal.org/2015/03/19/1-communications-technology-in-emerging-and-developing-nations/.
[Accessed: 02- Oct- 2015].
F. Dews, 'How the Internet and Data Help the Developing World', The Brookings Institution, 2014. [Online]. Available:
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2014/02/how-the-internet-and-data-help-the-developingworld. [Accessed: 02- Oct- 2015].
M. Sipe-Haesemeyer, Bringing the World Wide Web into Third World Countries, 1st ed. Central Missouri State University,
2015.