Inside the Mesh Networks Keeping the Harbor District Online
When the carrier pulled out, residents bolted routers to rooftops and built their own internet.
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Series: Grid Down
8_RECORDSHow the city keeps power and connectivity alive when the official systems fail.
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Note: Rain Took Out the Rooftop Relay Again
If the site was slow on Tuesday night, blame the weather and a very old cable gland.
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Photo Essay: Rooftop Antenna Farms
Dishes, sector antennas and homemade masts sprouting above the old tenements.
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Note: Our Server Moved Across the River
The mop cupboard flooded. The server now lives somewhere drier.
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Why the City Grid Keeps Failing in Heatwaves
Old transformers, rising demand and a maintenance backlog measured in decades.
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Map: Every Public Charging Post That Still Works
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Volunteers tested every public charging post in the city. Fewer than half worked.
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Photo Essay: Data Centre Cooling Towers at Dawn
Steam, concrete and the waste heat of a million computations.
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Open-Source Ground Stations Are Catching Satellites From Balconies
A cheap radio, a homemade antenna and free software are all it takes to pull weather images from orbit.