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0:00I'm sure glad that you're able to watch
0:02this video because you have an internet
0:04connection. But what if you didn't have
0:05an internet connection? What if a
0:07catastrophe happened and your internet
0:09was gone? Or what if you're one of the
0:112.4 billion people in this world that
0:14don't have access to the internet? What
0:16would you do? Well, in this box, I have
0:20everything I need to create my own
0:22internet. I can browse 7 million
0:25Wikipedia pages. I have videos on how to
0:28grow things, on how to generate power,
0:31on how to fix things. I'll have an
0:34internet that allows me to work and
0:37learn and do all sorts of cool things
0:39without requiring a connection to the
0:42internet as we know it. This is very
0:44cool. Now, my name is Frank and on this
0:47channel, we look at how we can use
0:48technology to learn and teach more
0:50effectively. And a lot of people in the
0:53world don't have access to the internet.
0:55So, what can we do to bring the internet
0:58to them in a way that's portable,
1:00accessible, and has a lot of power?
1:03Well, that's again where this box comes
1:05in. Let's take a look at what's inside
1:07and creating our own internet with the
1:09objects in this box. Now, the irony of
1:13the fact that this shoe box is by a
1:15company called Cloud is not lost on me.
1:18I'm not building a cloud here. I'm just
1:20going to build a simple internet that I
1:22can carry around. So, what's in this
1:24box? You'd be surprised. I have this
1:26really old tablet, this old Samsung
1:29tablet, but that's going to be great for
1:31me to browse the internet. And then I'm
1:33going to have this Raspberry Pi 4, which
1:36I've connected to a power bank. So, it's
1:38actually already running. So, I've got
1:40this Raspberry Pi connected to a power
1:43bank. And then, of course, I've got some
1:45lemonrop candies because, you know, who
1:48wants to be without the internet if you
1:49don't have some candy to pass the time.
1:52So, let's first start with the Raspberry
1:54Pi and the power bank. Of course, I
1:56could plug the Raspberry Pi into a power
1:59source if it was available. And this is
2:01a battery powered bank, so it will
2:03eventually run out of power. The good
2:06news is that on this particular
2:08Raspberry Pi, I've downloaded a Keywix
2:11server hotspot that has over 7 million
2:15Wikipedia pages. It also because I
2:17downloaded a prepper guide. It has all
2:20sorts of articles on sustainability,
2:24survival, how to find power supplies,
2:26how to build shelters, how to do
2:28agriculture. So, one of the first things
2:30I would do is figure out how I can
2:32charge this battery if I don't have
2:34access to power. And my thought is that
2:37what I'm going to do is get a bicycle
2:40generator and I'm going to charge people
2:43a hour on the bicycle in order for them
2:46to pedal so that they can use my
2:47internet. So I'm going to be I'm going
2:49to become a post-apocalyptic ISP. Now
2:52I've got my tablet. This is just an this
2:55is quite an old tablet, but it's
2:57sufficient for what I'm doing. This is
2:59actually going to be connected to this
3:02Raspberry Pi and give me an entire
3:05internet. You can buy the hotspot
3:08completely preconfigured. If you go to
3:10the Kiwix website, you can get your
3:12hotspot and when you get the hotspot,
3:14you can purchase it. It has the
3:16Raspberry Pi and whatever you'd like
3:18installed already, ready to go. I've
3:20already had a Raspberry Pi, so I
3:22purchased the preers package, which
3:25contains the Wikipedia pages, pages on
3:28agriculture, survival, uh different
3:30agricultural skills and such. But there
3:32are different packages you can get. Just
3:35keep an eye on the size of the card that
3:37you need. In my case, I needed a 256 gig
3:41micro SD card. I had one of those as
3:43well. Now, I have a Raspberry Pi 4 that
3:45I had lying around. and we're going to
3:48go and choose a custom image after we've
3:51downloaded the image. So, you will need
3:53the real internet today, but once you've
3:55done this, you'll never need it again.
3:57And I will now load that into the micro
3:59SD card. I'll just clear off all the
4:02settings so that there's nothing there.
4:04And that'll format the micro SD card.
4:06It'll go through and it'll create the
4:09package for me. So now once that card is
4:12is created, I just put it into my
4:15Raspberry Pi and I boot my Raspberry Pi.
4:19I don't connect it. I don't need a
4:20screen because all you would see is a
4:22terminal anyways. It basically just sits
4:24there as a hotspot that I can then
4:27connect wireless clients to. I can have
4:30up to 20 wireless devices connected to
4:32it. So this is great, you know, if I'm
4:35in if I want to do a school, for
4:36example. So, I'm, you know, in this
4:38video I'm talking about a
4:39post-apocalyptic type of environment,
4:41but this could be a school or this could
4:43be on a ship, whatever the case may be.
4:46Now, when I connect up to the wireless
4:48network, I'll be brought to the Keywix
4:51page, the hotspot page, and this is
4:54being run completely off the Raspberry
4:56Pi. This can be useful if maybe I'm out
4:59in the woods like I said earlier or in a
5:02place that doesn't have internet access
5:04or if I'm sailing whatever the case may
5:07be. This gives me the ability to have a
5:09lot of information and in my near and
5:12dear to my heart it gives me the ability
5:14to teach people if we don't have a
5:17persistent connection to the internet.
5:19So this is the real value. I can
5:21basically put a schoolhouse in that box
5:23and I can use this for lesson planning
5:26and for teaching and training. Having
5:28your own internet that can be contained
5:30in a box is pretty cool in my opinion,
5:33especially if you want to use this for
5:35education. Now, I had a little bit of
5:37fun talking about a post-apocalyptic
5:39scenario. Let's hope that never happens.
5:42But there still are many people in this
5:44world that either have a highly censored
5:47internet or they don't have access to
5:49the internet on a consistent basis. But
5:51a lot of people do have mobile devices
5:54with a web browser. And as long as you
5:56have the ability to connect up
5:58wirelessly to a hotspot and you have the
6:01ability to open a web browser, this
6:03little Raspberry Pi solution can bring
6:06education to so many people around the
6:08world or just information to people that
6:11maybe want to be able to fix something
6:14or maybe watch videos or get information
6:16on how to do agricultural things or fix
6:20some sort of appliances they have. It's
6:23really amazing what fits on that Wick
6:26Keywick server. I highly recommend you
6:28check it out. You can see stuff on their
6:30website. They're a nonprofit
6:31organization, so they're not sponsoring
6:33this. Uh, but what they do is they
6:35provide something that can make a
6:37difference in the world. And I think
6:39that's worth making a video about. So,
6:42let me know what you're doing in terms
6:43of providing resources when you don't
6:45have access to the internet. if you're
6:47ever in that situation. If you're
6:49watching this video, you do have access
6:51to the internet. At least today you do.
6:53But comment down below. Let me know your
6:56thoughts on the Kiwick server. Is it
6:58something you could imagine playing
6:59around with? Maybe you have a Raspberry
7:01Pi and you want to try this out for
7:03yourself. Super easy to do and maybe
7:06this is something that uh you see as
7:08having a potential to help others. So
7:11again, comment down below if you found
7:13this video interesting. Of course, a
7:14like is always very much appreciated.
7:16And if you share with other colleagues
7:18that might have a need for something
7:20like this, that let's spread the word.
7:23Thank you so much for watching and we'll
7:24see you in the next