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  | Postal W.A.S.T.E - UDK project

| about

waiting away silent transmission's empire

The Postal W.A.S.T.E propose a anonymous data exchange
in a physical place, establishing an individual two way relationship
with ideas and memories, creating a shadowy chain of users.

Inspire on the novel "The Crying of Lot 49 (1966)" by Thomas Pynchon, where a underground organization continues to exist, with mailboxes hidden in the least suspected places.
In the plot of the novel, the existence and plans of the shadowy organization are revealed bit by bit, or, then again, it is possible that it does not exist at all.
"The Tristero", name of the organization, may be a conspiracy, it may be a practical joke, or it may simply be that Oedipa is hallucinating all the arcane references to the underground network,
that she seems to be discovering on bus windows, toilet walls, etc.

"All non-commercial copying and use should be completely free. File sharing and p2p networking should be encouraged rather than criminalized. Culture and knowledge are good things, that increase in value the more they are shared."
Swedish PiratePartiet

| Steps

How
A cellphone programmed with Python works as a bluetooth server, automatic accepting connections,
and setting a free control for a common folder, that will be acess by the users. This cellphone is placed into a antivandalism box.

 
The BOX
Via bluetooth a small box operate a simple task.
Store information.
The users can access a common folder. Live photos, messages ad files.
The most common mechanism to use the Postal its another cellphone.
The Bluetooth its a free local connection and most of the new comunication mecanismus come with it.
This box will not ask for any connection, but contens the instructions.

The most effective contact is to recognize the logo sticker on a wall, and know that the box is somewhere around.
For this, all the information also will be release in a web site as well as the location of the boxes.

Aplications
Public places - the “Postal” can be placed in Metros, Parks, Pole , walls and so one.
Hide places - be surprise when you siting alone in a park, and find a postal. What can be inside?
Chains - The idea open possibilities to start a photo chains, a anonymous network, with a free information control, direct by the users.
The Postal also tells a history about the place that is locate.

Acess
and them u can local acess the data with your own cellphone.