so what's next? wireless networking with pringles was famous some years back. peter cochrane, ex british telecom (and btw someone i don't really like, but ...) was suggesting to bt, that instead of putting money in digging in the earth for some wires, they should make use of private enthusiasm: local area networks. pringle or pizza boxes in every window, so to say. howard rheingold recently published a book on that matter: 'smart mobs. the next social revolution'.

As he sees it, the crowds who surround us every day constitute a huge waste of social capital. If you live in a city for instance, there are many who pass within a few yards of you each day who could give you a ride home, buy an item you're trying to sell, or consider you as dating material. Dynamic networking makes it possible to tap those resources through a momentary alliance among transient interest groups, "like people working in a given neighborhood, staying overnight in a certain district, or taking the 10:15 flight to Chicago," Kortuem explains.( via roland piquepaille)

btw. 'pringle box workshop' or in other words: 'facilitar el acceso a la tecnología' hoy y este semana en barcelona in connection with the exhibition at la virreina: 'baquete metabolsime i comunicació'. just read: in there also zkm - coproduïda per zkm.