Picture Phoning [via Engadget] says Walkers have swallowed RFID pills for science: Researchers at Radboud University in The Netherlands were able to monitor the body temperature of participants at the world’s largest marching event using RFID technology. Volunteer participants in the annual Four Days Marches of Nijmegen swallowed an RFID-based temperature sensor that measured their [...]
Got this note yesterday from a Temple University student: Please help me with my dissertation research! My research focuses on the role wireless signal sharing, or mesh networking, can play in efforts to shrink the digital divide. I am exploring the issue from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, including regulatory agencies, telecommunication companies, and community [...]
Ruckus Wireless announced this week their MediaFlex 7000 series, a commercial 802.11n system developed for operators wishing to wirelessly distribute multiple streams of high-definition (HD) IPTV content inside homes. Ruckus says the MediaFlex 7000 line helps carriers eliminate costly and cumbersome cabling within subscriber homes, speeding installation times, and enabling remote management. The MediaFlex 7811 [...]
Venture Beat notes that a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California near Los Angeles this morning. It choked phone calls, not Twitter, says C/Net. Well before the information was anywhere on the major news outlets, tweets (Twitter messages) were flowing in at a rapid clip. I say again, events such as this showcase the power [...]
iProvo is the name of the Fiber to the Home service owned and operated by the city of Provo, Utah. It is the largest municipally-owned Fiber to the Home network in the United States. An iProvo RFP [pdf], was issued on April 18, 2007 to reorganize the system which has run into revenue shortfalls and [...]
Airspan Networks, a leading provider of WiMAX gear, today announced that it has received FCC certification for 5.4 GHz WiMAX equipment (pdf). The certification covers Airspan’s MicroMAX Base Station as well as Airspan’s subscriber terminals, the ProST and EasyST. Airspan has deployed 5.4 GHz WiMAX internationally for some time, but this certification makes it the [...]
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