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title: The 1000 eyes project
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## What is the 1000 eyes project?

2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. Lockdowns, sickness,
limitations of movement, being unable to see friends and family.

2020 might be the year that we talk about for decades, probably to our
children.

In these times, when we need to social distance to keep others safe,
we can feel isolated, locked in - wanting to go out and meet other
people.

With the 1000eyes project we aim to bring people back together. Safely
and everywhere in the world.

## How does the 1000 eyes project work?

Every **eye** allows you to see one spot in the world. An eye is an
IPv6 enabled camera that is world wide reachable (*). With an eye, you
can view parts of the world. Live and unedited.

There are two options to choose from: Option (A) an eye at your place that you
operate. Or (B) an eye that we operate for you.

### Option (A): An eye for you and your place

### Option (B): An eye operated by ungleich

## How do I connect the eye?

You can either connect the eye via a network cable to your router or
you can connect it via WiFi.

## Meet, talk and exchange ideas

So what if you see a cool eye? Who can you talk to it about? Where can
you announce a trip that you do with your eye?

For this we already created an open exchange platform on the [Open
Chat](/u/projects/open-chat/): simply register at the Open Chat
and then join **1000eyes:ungleich.ch**.

## Financial Goals

### Initial Goal: producing first batch of 100 eyes - 7520 CHF

Let's create the first 100 eyes together. We will setup a website that
lists all available eyes and allows you to select an individual eye
for viewing.

### Stretch Goal #1: 20'000 CHF

If we are able to produce a bigger amount, we will be able to add
a battery and solar panel option to allow your eye to function without
external power source for some time. Our current tested option
includes a 30000mAh battery and a 1.65W solar panel. The estimated
price for this add-on is 75 CHF (the exact price will be communicated
once we passed this stretch goal).

### Stretch Goal #3: 50'000 CHF

This is roughly 500 eyes distributed in the world. Reaching this goal
will allow us to add a 4G/LTE option, allowing your eye to function
even without an Ethernet cable and without WiFi. We are currently
evaluating a partnership that will even allow us to distribute it with
SIM cards in Switzerland. Estimated price for the 4G/LTE extension is
75 CHF (the exact price will be communicated once we passed this stretch goal).

### Stretch Goal 3: 100'000 CHF

If we reach this goal we will add IPv4 proxy support for every eye -
that means every eye will also be accessible from the IPv4 Internet.

Additionally we plan to add more sophisticated filtering and creating
your own collection of eyes on the website - so that you can show your
selection of eyes to your friends and family.

## Tech details

The eyes are based on tested and running on ungleich verified
hardware.
All eyes are
running the Open Source operating system
[OpenWRT](https://openwrt.org/). The camera is a HD (1280x720)
resolution. The eye **does not store**

### The hardware

The eye is based on a MediaTek MT7628AN with
580Mhz, 8 MB Flash and 64 MB RAM. The underlying hardware platform is
a TP-Link TL-WR902AC v3. It has dual band  WiFi chip that supports
2.4 Ghz (b/g/n) and 5 Ghz (a/n/ac) networks. The Ethernet port is a
100 Mbit/s port.

### IPv6 Connectivity

All eyes are bringing their own IPv6 connectivity. So you can connect
your eye to any IPv4 or IPv6 network and the eye will use the
[IPv6VPN.ch](https://ipv6vpn.ch) to get its own IPv6 address.

### Fully Open Source

Not only is the operating system fully Open Source, also the process
to create the eyes and to configure is openly available. Because the
eyes are using OpenWRT, you are free to reconfigure the eye to your
need.

### Wireguard included

The eyes use the [Wireguard](https://www.wireguard.com/) protocol to
establish the VPN. If you are reconfiguring or resetting the eye,
ensure that you make a backup of the wireguard private key.

## The footprint / small print

(*) The eyes are only reachable via IPv6. If we reach the If you do not have an IPv6
connection, you can get IPv6 connectivity from the
[IPv6VPN.ch](https://ipv6vpn.ch).