MeshPoint is a great project developed by some of my friends which should help people endangered in emergency situations and emergency services staff to get rugged and reliable internet access point.
It is developed extensively with help of 3d printers (Ultimaker 2) and I will post a more detailed article soon. This technology is currently being used to provide internet access to refugees in Croatia. There will be several versions of rugged enclosure with batteries, 4G access and mash WiFi.
MeshPoint homepage:
http://www.meshpoint.me/
Please support them and up-vote them on:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10649446
Read the full story on Medium:
https://medium.com/@mesh_point/how-the-refugee-crisis-gave-birth-to-a-cool-hardware-project-80c83280b2d1#.tcyik1mji
Here is one of the early prototypes: