Microsoft Excel
Testing whether a workbook can serve as a carrier for encoded information during ordinary file exchange.
ONE ISLAND LABSACTIVE RESEARCH / TRANSPORT
Researching alternative ways to carry information
Testing the transport, not just the network.
One Island Labs explores how encoded information can move through channels that were not designed as telecommunications infrastructure.
Current investigations
Different channels. One research question.
Can information be encoded, carried, and reliably recovered using a medium already available to the sender and receiver?
Shared folders
Exploring file handoff and synchronization paths as a way to move information between devices.
Laser transmission
Testing direct optical links as a physical medium for sending encoded data.
Constrained connections
Evaluating radio and local device-to-device links where conventional internet access is unavailable or unnecessary.
What we are measuring
Each experiment looks at what can be carried, how the medium changes the data, and whether the intended recipient can recover it. Results depend on the specific transport and are still being evaluated.