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Archive for January, 2003

Dual Band WiFi Amp

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2003

The SiGe Semiconductor’s SE2529L provides +18dBm power output for dual- mode 802.11b/g radios. The improved power output will deliver better data throughput over a longer range. The IC amplifier, which costs about a buck in quantity, would be incorporated into the cards of other manufacturers. SiGe Semiconductor [...]

Sensor Net

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2003

The National Science Foundation is giving away money again. NSF wants ideas for sensing for toxic chemicals, explosives and biological agents. They want to develop sensor networkings in a distributed environment and envision arrays of reconfigurable, ultra low-power, wireless nodes with integrated processing and communications to processing [...]

Intel + Wayport + ATT

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2003

Wayport, Intel and AT&T Wireless are teaming up to promote hot spot service. Wayport provides Wi-Fi and wired Internet access in more than 475 major hotels, including the Four Seasons, Loews, Wyndham, Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Doubletree and Embassy Suites, and Wi-Fi wireless Internet access in five major airports. [...]

Unwired in Maui

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2003

Join me as we head to Maui. All your expenses are paid by Uncle Sam since this is a work trip. We are exploring the future of wireless. Our assignment: report on progress in real-time battlefield monitoring systems. Mapping programs like Earthviewer might deliver [...]

Free Wi-Fi Kiosks?

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2003

NVidia’s Personal Cinema, transforms your PC into a high-tech entertainment center. It features Direct to DVD recording, RF remote control, a breakout box for camcorders and other peripherals and the ability to watch, record, and control live TV. Combine it with an inexpensive Media PC a [...]

Patch Party

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2003

The key to successful community Wi-Fi is people. And the pivotal technology isn’t milliwatts, modulation or mesh. It’s antennas. Edward Mitchell lead me to Trevor Marshall’s guide to building 2.4 GHz slotted waveguides. The slotted waveguide workshop (above), in Western [...]

Hybrid Interactivity

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2003

While looking through 2004 Hybrid Electric vehicles in Electrifying Times, I ran across Toyota’s Pod, a hybrid electric that can express the driver’s feelings. Using LEDs (and perhaps El-Wire), it turns a cheery orange when the driver approaches. When it runs low on juice it turns blue, when [...]

Virus from Outer Space

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2003

The Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer Satellite ( CHIPSat), launched 12 January, is performing well in orbit. It’s the first U.S. mission to use end-to-end satellite operations with TCP/IP and FTP. The concept was first analyzed and demonstrated by the NASA OMNI team via UoSAT-12. [...]

Intel Wireless Plans

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 24th, 2003

Circuit, the Intel corporate magazine, features a behind the scene’s look at Intel’s wireless plans and projects. Intel Labs (video tour), the research and development arm of Intel, is working on three 802.11-related projects. These projects cover intelligent roaming, 802.11b as a last-mile technology and mesh networking as a way to get high-bandwidth [...]

Streaming Wi-Fi Meetings

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 24th, 2003

Oregon Live and Wired Women Web feature a virtual monthly meeting with live “chat”, as well as audio and video webcast discussions on technology issues and trends affecting women in their professional and personal lives. The initial webcast featured guest Nigel Ballard on PTP’s efforts to unwire [...]