High Desert Institute

Cyberpony Express Workshops

Parent Project: Cyberpony Express

These workshops are the practical, hands-on path to building and deploying an off-grid mesh network in the real world.

Topics covered

• Meshtastic hardware strategy and node design
• Siting and outreach (where to place nodes, and how to recruit stewards)
• BBS / Librarian and other “services over the mesh”
• Opsec for AI and mesh comms

Workshops

2025-03-20 - Meet and Greet!

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2025-03-27 - Meshtastic Hardware Strategy and Development

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2025-04-03 - Siting and Outreach

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2025-04-10 - BBS/Librarian

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2025-04-16 - Opsec in AI and Meshtastic

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