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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Feb-2019 05:36:22 EST lnxw48a1
   @alpacaherder “The new Sheeva64 builds on the legacy of the original plugcomputer Sheevaplug by updating the 32bit core with a 64bit dual core Armada 3720 clocked up to 1.2Ghz. We have added I/O with two GB ethernet ports, two USB type A interfaces, 1GB DDR4, and 4GB onboard Flash”
   
   The return of #SheevaPlug in April as #Sheeva64 is interesting, but I cannot help but wonder whether a plug computer is the right direction. It seems to me that something that can be deployed with a couple of cheap solar panels in an area with deficient infrastructure and immediately set itself up as a BATMAN or BATMAN-Adv node (in addition to any other Wi-Fi or Ethernet network it joins) is the low resource computer of the future.
   
   #Low-Resource-Computing needs its own acronym.
   1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 14-Feb-2019 07:08:07 EST Stephen Michael Kellat

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      @lnxw48a1 Something that can be sewn into a football with solar panels on the ball that you can toss into trees would be perfect. It would make that sort of network infinitely easier to deploy plus give small protection against birds, lizards, and bugs. The hip term now is "fog computing" but reality shows we need throwable nodes occasionally with suction grips on the bottom.

      Could you imagine losing a bunch of footballs in trees across PR bearing #SBC payloads with Wi-Fi?