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The Internet of Things and What Comes After

March 22, 2016 By Garrett Kinsman 1 Comment

The Internet of Things, or the IoT, is the hottest buzzword since hyperlocal-social-mobile. Everyone in the venture capital and startup space is using the term IoT. … [Read more...]

A New Internet: Ideas in India

March 21, 2016 By Garrett Kinsman 2 Comments

The hydrocarbon powered Boeing jet touches down with a squeal of tires. Turbines whine down and we step off of the plane into another world completely. It is dark out. Over 20 hours on a plane and you begin to question reality. We find ourselves in the pickup zone of Bangalore International Airport. Uber and Ola cabs whiz by. People dressed in saris and turbines scream, … [Read more...]

Outernet Lighthouse Review: An Introduction to The New Internet

February 29, 2016 By Garrett Kinsman 1 Comment

What if the internet could be free? What if information could flow freely, be accessible to the entirety of civilization? What if every human was connected? It is a question that has captivated myself for the past several years and has taken Modular Phones Forum halfway across the world. Today we review the first step in a free, global data network. The device in our hands … [Read more...]

Circular Economies: A Preface to The New Internet

February 23, 2016 By Garrett Kinsman Leave a Comment

The speeding BART train whips out of the transbay tube, solar panels and spectacular street art fly by. We find ourselves in the center of alternative thinking and cutting edge green technology. Welcome to Oakland, California. We are here today to speak with radical thinkers, people trying to rethink local micro-economies with a circular solution, and aid those struggling in … [Read more...]

Review of modular WWII spy radio

November 12, 2015 By Garrett Kinsman Leave a Comment

To explore, to create, to boldly design what no one has designed before. The spirit of creation enfuses us all, it moves the human race forward. Accelerating this fact is that hardware is quickly becoming as configurable as written language - but it wasn’t always so. Today we experience a flat earth, a flat slab of plastic, metal and glass making up what we call a … [Read more...]

Project ARA: A Perspective. Controlling the Future Around Us

October 27, 2015 By Garrett Kinsman Leave a Comment

Look around you. Our realities are intimately intertwined with automated intelligence. There's no escaping it. Almost everything we touch has a computer inside, or has been somehow influenced by computer software. In many instances we cannot even see these hidden control systems. … [Read more...]

Project ARA: A Perspective. The convergence of 3D printing and computing.

October 15, 2015 By Garrett Kinsman Leave a Comment

Streets of Shenzhen 2015: A revolution is brewing in the factories. Not an ideological or social revolution, but a revolution in manufacturing. While walking through manufacturing districts of Shenzhen we witness a dazzling array of high technology. A constant thrum echoes about the city, people moving, ideas flowing, products being created. The next revolution will forge … [Read more...]

Project ARA: A Perspective. The Free Internet and The Rise of Social Computing.

September 23, 2015 By Garrett Kinsman 1 Comment

The future of computing is transforming the Earth as we know it. Powerful supercomputers are in the hands of millions, and millions more are going to get them by the end of this decade. What’s next? A complete rethinking of the networks that connect each and every one of us together. … [Read more...]

Project ARA: A Perspective. Introduction.

September 9, 2015 By Garrett Kinsman Leave a Comment

Each jump in computing comes with great change to society and our planet. It impacts each and every one of us whether we realize it or not. The release of Ara will be one of these “jumps”. But to understand the future we must first look to the past. … [Read more...]

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