▁papers , ▁books , ▁and ▁online ▁articles . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁potential ▁for ▁new , ▁novel , ▁and ▁free ▁local ity - aware ▁services ▁and ▁opportun ities ▁that ▁demand ▁anonymous ▁and ▁easy ▁access , ▁such ▁as ▁Online ▁Social ▁Network ing ▁( OS N ) ▁via ▁Di Y - B ased ▁S ites . ▁Single - board ▁computers ▁such ▁as ▁Ar duino , ▁or ▁R asp berry ▁Pi , ▁are ▁commonly ▁used ▁for ▁Di Y ▁networking ▁purposes , ▁since ▁such ▁computers ▁are ▁open - source , ▁relatively ▁cheap , ▁have ▁low ▁power ▁dem ands , ▁support ▁multiple ▁protocol s , ▁and ▁are ▁port able . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁EU ▁Hor izon 2 0 2 0 ▁research ▁fund ing ▁framework , ▁and ▁more ▁specifically ▁C AP S ▁( Collect ive ▁A war eness ▁Platform s ▁for ▁S ust ain ability ▁and ▁social ▁innov ation ) ▁has ▁fund ed ▁two ▁ 3 - year ▁projects ▁on ▁DI Y ▁networking : ▁ 1 ) ▁project ▁MA Z I , ▁" A ▁DI Y ▁networking ▁tool kit ▁for ▁location - based ▁collect ive ▁aw aren ess ", ▁foc using ▁on ▁small - scale ▁networks ▁and ▁aim ing ▁to ▁provide ▁tools ▁and ▁inter dis cipl inary ▁knowledge ▁for ▁individual ▁or ▁small ▁groups ▁to ▁create ▁their ▁own ▁off - the - cloud ▁networks , ▁and ▁ 2 ) ▁project ▁net Comm ons , ▁" Network ▁In frastr ucture ▁as ▁Commons ", ▁foc using ▁on ▁existing ▁large - scale ▁community ▁networks ▁like ▁Gu ifi