[hackerspaces] Looking for another hackerspace to share telepresence

[Mel Shamanka]

For what it's worth, I've heard it being discussed around the end of last
year - not necessarily on this mailing list, but maybe among French
hackerspaces ?

M.

2012/1/19 Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com>

> I think everyone has had this idea at some point....  Not that many
> hackerspaces have lots of bandwidth to spare.
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Brian Klug <brian.klug at hackerdojo.com>wrote:
>
>> I've got a project I'd love to collaborate on with someone at another
>> hackerspace.
>>
>> I think it would be neat to implement a 24/7 always-on high-bandwidth
>> video link between hackerspaces.
>>
>> Imagine a nice flat panel mounted to the kitchen wall, next to the
>> watercooler, etc, where you can peer right in to another hackerspace, talk
>> with them.  You don't have to dial anyway, it is always connected (and
>> reconnects automatically on disconnect, etc).
>>
>> Ideal scenario:
>>
>>    - peering with a hackerspace not in California
>>    - dedicated hardware, preferably new (for reliability)
>>    - lots of bandwidth to spare (for HD video)
>>    - might be cool to link with a hackerspace located somewhere where
>>    English is not the native language -- for the fun it
>>    - ?
>>
>> Looking through the archives, I know this has come up at least once
>> before (2009), but I don't see anything recent.  Apologies if I missed a
>> thread!
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Brian Klug
>> Hacker Dojo
>>
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