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Seattle Community Network: An Overdue Giant Update and Another Call To Action

TL;DR (Too Long Didn’t Read) This post is a long overdue update on SCN’s activities since my first introductory post in 2019. Since then, we’ve built out the beginnings of the Seattle community network with 7 core cellular sites serving LTE-based Internet access: coverage map here and searchable version here. We’ve also taught two cohorts…

Community Organizing

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Seattle Community Network: An Overdue Giant Update and Another Call To Action
Seattle Community Network: An Overdue Giant Update and Another Call To Action
Community Organizing

18 min read


Published in Seattle Community Network

·Nov 2, 2020

Community Networks in Seattle: A Call to Action

tl;dr: We’re starting a community cellular (LTE) Internet access network in South Seattle for underserved neighborhoods in response to Covid-19. Want to join in? — Could you live without Internet access, or with spotty, slow and unreliable access, in a moment when nearly every part of life has moved online? Covid-19 has undoubtedly worsened digital divides, bringing into stark focus the relative disconnectedness of the more rural and underserved communities around Seattle. At the recent…

Community Networks

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Community Networks in Seattle: A Call to Action
Community Networks in Seattle: A Call to Action
Community Networks

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 17, 2020

By Kristen Dong. “Amazon PrimePack”

This could be a lot worse, I remind myself for the hundredth time. My eyes gloss over shipping labels flying out of a printer. At least I’m not out on the warehouse floor, dodging robots moving pallets and packing boxes. …

Fiction

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Fiction

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 17, 2020

By Sydney Zapf. “Wildlife Survey Automation”

I walked into work on Monday morning and was greeted by a nearly empty office. Confused, I asked my deskmate, “Where is everyone this morning?” “They’re out in the field,” he replied. “There’s a patrol today.” I nodded, sitting down at my desk. “Ah, I forgot,” I said. “This is…

Science Fiction

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Science Fiction

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 17, 2020

By Manaswi Saha. “ConserV”

The year is 2070, in a world where the energy sustainability crisis has been dealt with via a futuristic smart-energy-AI tech, ‘ConserV’. Smart meters are everywhere, including formally rural and low-resourced regions. ConserV redistributes energy across the world grid, redirecting excess energy from residential and commercial establishments to areas that…

Speculative Fiction

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Speculative Fiction

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 17, 2020

By Kiana Ehsani. “Autonomous vehicles for solving the congestion problem, reducing the risk of accidents, and increasing the efficiency of public transportation”

I didn’t sleep well last night, so you can imagine how hard it was for me to wake up early this morning to catch my flight. Just as I came out of my apartment in Manhattan, I looked at my watch and realized there is almost no chance for me…

Fiction

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Fiction

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 16, 2020

By Anonymous. “Self driving Cars in the Most Ideal Dystopian World”

I have imagined autonomous cars flying in the sky as a child, and studied self driving cars algorithms in an Artificial Intelligence class as an undergraduate. Now, I am seeing self driving cars in the streets of my city, in different shapes and colors. Lately, people have been exploring much…

Fiction

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Fiction

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 16, 2020

By Kairui Huang. “RoboMaster”

RoboMaster first started selling In 2019. It’s claimed to be an innovative and educational plaything. Most of the parents at that time did not believe such a toy can be instructive to children. Instead, online course platforms, exercise books, and so on, were more credible and prevalent. Using toys as…

Science Fiction

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Science Fiction

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 16, 2020

By Anonymous. “scroll up for older messages”

[20:40] ​Character1​: Anyone ever had to navigate censorship within their community network before? I’m not talking about the censorship that private backbones do, just censoring what some people within my community can access from within our network. [20:42]​ Character2​: why would you want to do that lol [20:43]​ Character2​: thats…

Fiction

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Fiction

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Published in UW CSE Computing For Social Good Course

·Jun 16, 2020

By Sudheesh Singanamalla. “Digital Consent: Privacy Aware Decentralized State of the Internet”

“I agree to the Terms & Conditions”, “Agree & Continue” are by far the biggest lies told on the Internet by users who want to gain access to services today. As businesses and people continue to engage and obtain services digitally it becomes increasingly important to safeguard and protect the…

Speculative Fiction

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Speculative Fiction

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