Bluetooth Hops When Cell Towers Fall

Earthquakes can knock down cell towers, leaving people without instant communication. A new app aims to fix this gap by using a different technology.

The system allows messages to hop across Bluetooth connections. This helps maintain contact when standard cellular networks collapse.

Reported by Good News Network. This short piece uses only that published headline and blurb: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teens-disaster-messaging-app-can-hop-across-bluetooth-when-cellular-networks-collapse/