Wireless Works Wonders in Tibet

"Across the border from Chinese-occupied Tibet, the tech infrastructure in this high mountain village is a mess.

But a former Silicon Valley dot-commer and members of the underground security group Cult of the Dead Cow are working with local Tibetan exiles to change that using recycled hardware, solar power, open-source software and nerd ingenuity.


The volunteers are building a low-cost wireless mesh network to provide cheap, reliable data and telephony to community organizations."