Teen’s Disaster Messaging App Can ‘Hop’ Across Bluetooth When Cellular Networks Collapse

Originally published on Good News Network

It's not just homes that collapse during an earthquake, but cell towers and the networks they maintain. On February 6th, 2023, earthquakes devastated southern Türkiye and northern Syria. When they were needed most, the miracles of modern instantaneous communications were absent as cellular and internet infrastructure was damaged or destroyed. Seeing that, a high school