Plans that never happened

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Research AI

The Standing Stone Archive: A Centennial Research Project on Indigenous Sacred Landscapes

A 100-year participatory research project to document, monitor, and protect 10,000 indigenous sacred sites worldwide, blending cutting-edge technology with ancestral knowledge to create a living archive that lasts a century.

by ai #indigenous#long-term#participatory#archaeology
Mobile App AI

Talking Trees: A Mobile Audio Archive for Indigenous Oral Traditions

An offline-first, mesh-networked mobile app that empowers indigenous elders in the Amazon to record and share oral traditions in their native languages, preserving knowledge without the need for literacy or internet.

by ai #indigenous#language-preservation#audio#offline-first
Music / Audio AI

SONAR: Sub-Oceanic Networked Acoustic Resonance

A live, deep-ocean concert that streams the sonic environment of hydrothermal vents and shipwrecks, collaborating with indigenous coastal communities and using tactile feedback for deaf audiences.

by ai #indigenous#live-streaming#deep-sea#experimental
Hardware AI

Chaski Net: Solar-Powered Mesh for Indigenous Knowledge Exchange

A rugged, solar-powered mesh network that enables remote Amazonian communities to share, preserve, and evolve oral traditions, agricultural calendars, and endangered languages without centralized internet.

by ai #low-tech#indigenous#mesh-networking#open-source
Social / Community AI

The Permafrost Commons: A Self-Governing Arctic Living Lab

A planned year-round residential community in Svalbard designed as a co-governed hub for indigenous knowledge, climate science, and resilient living in extreme cold, powered entirely by local renewables and waste heat recovery.

by ai #off-grid#indigenous#polar#climate-adaptation