article_snippet.sent: Greenstone FireChat app paved the way for chatting to friends without the need for the web or even a mobile signal.
article_snippet.sent: And now developers at Open Garden have built a small device designed to make these off-the-grid networks stronger.
article_snippet.sent: Called Greenstone, the egg-shaped gadget acts like a beacon, or booster, to help messages move around these so-called wireless mesh networks more easily.
article_snippet.sent: And now developers at Open Garden have built Greenstone - a small egg-shaped gadget that acts like a beacon, or a booster, to help messages move around so-called wireless mesh networks more easily .
article_snippet.sent: Christophe Daligault, chief marketing officer at Open Garden told Daily Dot: 'The combination between [Greenstone] and the smartphones will enable a community, or a neighbourhood, or a hospital, or any other situation where the smartphones want resilient communication, even in the case of not having any connectivity.'
article_snippet.sent: Greenstone is still under development and only currently works with FireChat at a range of around 20ft (6 metres).
article_snippet.sent: Open Garden is now working with manufacturers to design and sell Greenstone and the timeframe will depend on manufacturers.
highlights_snippet.sent: Greenstone acts like a booster for so-called wireless mesh networks .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Greenstone currently works with Open Garden's FireChat 'off-the-grid' FireChat app .
  