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Welcome to the Futurenet wiki!
Futurenet (working name) is a prototype smartphone ecosystem inspired by Japan’s keitai for kids, designed to provide a safe, private network and age-appropriate digital experience for primary school students. Our mission is to build a community-raised digital village supporting healthier tech habits, safety, and learning — rather than distraction-driven, commercial internet models.
This project is currently in MVP prototyping stage, focusing on:
- Kid-friendly UI / launcher app
- Whitelisted messaging & limited contacts
- Minimal-distraction interface
- Safe networking approach for future private network rollout
- Develop a digital ecosystem where children can communicate, learn, and explore without exposure to unsafe online content
- Prototype a launcher / OS layer designed for two primary age groups (5–8 and 9–12)
- Build a foundation for a private network supporting authentication, file security, and controlled access via future blockchain-based identity
- Establish a collaborative, community-driven development model
Primary school children in Singapore and similar education systems, divided into two groups:
- Bright colours
- Large icons
- Minimal distractions
- Simple app interactions
- Restricted communication circle
- Focus on safety and clarity
- More independence, mimicking simplified adult phone UX
- Lightweight messaging & social interactions among trusted contacts
- Increased productivity and creativity tools
- Safe browsing and supervised learning access
- Gentle transition toward digital responsibility Sugirdha: Many habits are already being formed early; designing intentionally now matters.
The younger group needs a clear, focused environment with bright colours and large icons. The older group tends to imitate adult smartphone behaviours — some gravitating toward socialising/creativity, others toward games — so providing a lighter, safer version of an adult UX would be helpful.
| Feature | Notes |
|---|---|
| Messaging (whitelisting + parental controls) | Similar purpose to kids’ smart watches |
| Location sharing / tracking | Safety assurance |
| SOS button / emergency tag | Fast signal to caregiver |
| Safe browser | Strong filtering & domain whitelist |
| Note taking app | Homework & time management |
| Maps / navigation | Controlled |
| Access to MOE learning apps | Prior research needed |
| Lightweight controlled payments | Explore EZ-Link / POSB Smart Buddy integration |
| Responsible AI tool | Guided research help |
- Focus on UI/UX first — not hardware
- Build as a web prototype initially for speed & demo purposes
- Then build Android launcher app in Kotlin / Jetpack Compose
- Identify architecture options (mesh network, school network extension, or prepaid virtual SIM approach)
- Later: blockchain-based authentication layer for device + users
| Area | Stack |
|---|---|
| UI Prototype | React (web demo) |
| Launcher App | Android + Kotlin + Jetpack Compose |
| Network + Messaging | TBD (research team) |
| Identity Layer (future) | Decentralized identity, blockchain-based credentialing |
| Hardware | Emulators first → later explore Android / Raspberry Pi / e-ink |
| Team | Role |
|---|---|
| Research Team | Digital wellness research, hardware prototypes (e-ink), tech landscape |
| Prototype UI Team | Web prototype of minimal-stimulation UI |
| Hardware Team | Explore hardware for phone |
| Networking Team | Explore private mesh network / auth & security |
| Outreach & Partnerships Team | Contact schools, parent groups, investors & technical advisors |
Web first because it’s cheap, fast and demo-friendly.
- Milestone 1: UI prototype screens (Web)
- Milestone 2: Android launcher MVP (Kotlin + Jetpack Compose)
- Milestone 3: Messaging prototype with contact whitelisting
- Milestone 4: Research report on safe networking approach
- Milestone 5: Pitch deck + early demo
It takes a village to raise a child — and it will take a digital village to protect them online.