PersonalTelco’s Field Day (photos) and the Seattle Wireless Field day are combining forces today, on a joint real-time connectivity project between the respective cities.
The plan is to set up Portland gear on Rocky Butte (45.546868,-122.566038) and point antennas at Crown Point (45.539594,-122.244358) and Larch Mountain (45.532567,-122.087631).
Then, with an internet connection established, the remote users could [...]

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Here’s a bit of shameless self-promotion — DailyWireless has been nominated for the Fierce Wireless Top 20 Blogs.
These “contests” can be mostly self-promotion, of course. Note that Unstrung, a significant competitor to Fierce, was not included. Here are some other good tech blogs.
Still, they are offering a Motorola Q in a random drawing as an [...]

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T he Korea Times reports that the U.S. military is interested in Samsung’s WiBro technology, and are negotiating a $3 billion deal with the company. The mobile WiMax technology is already being implemented by the South Korean military as part of its ‘Ubiquitous Defense’ project.
Samsung didn’t elaborate the issue, but it is believed that [...]

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DailyWireless opened in March 2002 and has been running phpnuke the whole time. Until today. In October 2006, the software that runs dailywireless is now wordpress. This gives dailywireless an updated theme and a prettier URL scheme.
The theme is called Wuhan and its designed by Meng Gao, released under the GPL open source licence.
All the [...]

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Smart surveillance systems may soon be capable of automatically detecting violent crimes before they happen.
A computer vision system at UCSD can tell the difference between friendly behaviour, such as shaking hands, and aggressive actions like punching or pushing. The hope is that such systems will simplify the task of monitoring huge quantities of [...]

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“San Francisco or any other city doesn’t have to wait for new Wi-Fi networks to be built,” said Joanna Rees, chairman of U.S. operations for FON.
C/Net says on Friday, the company will give away its Wi-Fi routers, which will allow broadband subscribers to share their Internet connections. “Freedom Friday,” as the company is calling the [...]

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PhoneScoop reports, Crown Castle will launch the Modeo mobile TV service in New York City before the end of the year.
Crown Castle CEO John Kelly stated that DVB-H handsets would be available for Cingular and T-Mobile subscribers in New York City at launch. Kelly did not make it clear if the handsets will be offered [...]

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What if a bus could drive itself? Or a street sign could tell you whether you can make that left turn without getting hit? Those technologies are being developed and tested by U.C. Berkeley and Caltrans, reports KGO television.
This isn’t just any bus. This versatile bus can be driven by a system of magnets and [...]

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I warned you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you knew, didn’t you? Oh, it’s just a harmless little bunny, isn’t it? - Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail (YouTube video clip)
Nabaztag (video demo), is a cutesy competitor for the Ambient Orb (left), that connects [...]

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Engadget reports that Apple’s new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros have a dormant 802.11n wireless card.

With iMacs now rocking draft-N from Broadcom and D-Link Rangebooster chipsets finding their way into the laptop line, speculation is running rampant that the upcoming iTV media extender will also feature [...]

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