Project G.E.C.K.: autonomous home kit case
First R&D report on creating an autonomous home image controlled by an NFT access token, based on field trials in Bali.
Project G.E.C.K.: Motivation for Implementation and First R&D Report
Over the past two years, we have seen a rise in ideas around network states and digital nomadism. G.E.C.K. is our attempt to turn these ideas into a practical, autonomous home kit that can be deployed anywhere—from Bali to Mars.
This case describes the first experiments with a privacy‑first smart home image, where access and ownership are controlled by an NFT token. The goal is to give small communities a ready‑to‑use, open-source toolset for building autonomous living spaces.
Field experiment in Bali, March 2024
The first G.E.C.K. prototype was tested on the slope of a volcano in the jungles of Bali, where an autonomous village is being built. Our team installed and configured a full smart home stack: connectivity, sensors, local computing and a link to the Robonomics Web3 cloud.
G.E.C.K. ver. 0.1: what is inside the kit
The first version of the G.E.C.K. kit is a curated set of smart devices that together provide connectivity, sensing and local control for an autonomous home.
It includes local servers, connectivity hardware, Zigbee gateways, environmental sensors and user‑facing tablets. All components are orchestrated through Robonomics so that the home can act as a verifiable, on‑chain controlled space.