PrepperDisk is a mini internet box that comes preloaded with offline backups of some of the content that is being deleted by the administration.

Title is a little sensational but this is a cool project for non-technical folks who may need a mini-internet or data archive for a wide variety of reasons:

“PrepperDisk is a mini internet box that comes preloaded with offline backups of Wikipedia, street maps, survivalist information, 90,000 WikiHow guides, iFixit repair guides, government website backups (including FEMA guides and National Institutes of Health backups), TED Talks about farming and survivalism, 60,000 ebooks and various other content. It’s part external hard drive, part local hotspot antenna—the box runs on a Raspberry Pi that allows up to 20 devices to connect to it over wifi or wired connections, and can store and run additional content that users store on it. It doesn’t store a lot of content (either 256GB or 512GB), but what makes it different from buying any external hard drive is that it comes preloaded with content for the apocalypse.”

  • MangoCats@feddit.itEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    So, I believe a tolerable generator load for most people to pedal is around 10W… battery charge / discharge is maybe 80% efficient, so you’re netting 8W into your storage. Pedal relatively hard for an hour and you might get 20 minutes use of your IPS LCD screen.

    Solar panels are indeed the way to go.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      I mention ebikes because if we’re in an apocalypse situation, your solar panels may not be very efficient. There are a ton of electric motors out there, so generating power is totally feasible in a prepper situation even if the sky is torched Matrix style, just attach any electric motor to a bicycle and you’re good to go (or water or wind turbine, etc).

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
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      13 hours ago

      This unit can connect to a cell phone, that’d be a much less energy-expensive way to interface with it.