[sudo-discuss] THURSDAY: Design for imperfect manufacturing and challenges of making wireless optical system KORUZA

[Jenny Ryan]

Stop by sudo this Thursday at 8pm and meet Musti, inventor of the open
hardware optical wireless system KORUZA <http://koruza.net>. KORUZA is a
1Gbps wireless optical system for locations up to 100m apart, using an
eye-safe infrared light beam. A low cost, open source and open hardware,
wireless optical system, making the free space optical (FSO) technology
available to masses and providing an alternative to Wi-Fi networks for RF
spectrum congested urban areas.

*Design for imperfect manufacturing and challenges of making wireless
optical system KORUZA*

Complicated and precise systems can be designed more smartly with imperfect
tools and machines, demonstrated by the example of KORUZA, a low-cost
wireless optical and open source open-hardware system for gigabit 100m
wireless communication in urban areas. Motivation for developing this
project comes from Wi-Fi, which is the most popular choice for creating
low-cost networks these days. However, a large number of such networks fail
to co-exist in urban environments due to RF spectrum congestion. KORUZA
solves this problem by using a highly collimated optical beam for
bi-directional communication. In this talk I will discuss the use of 3D
printing for development of precise optical setup with imperfect parts, how
to design a system using and re-purposing mass-produced off-the-shelf
components, discuss impacts of setting up a global distributed experiment
World Wide Koruza l experiment and observing the developed product in
real-life. I will also demonstrate the latest KORUZA 1.0 prototype now
suitable to make wireless optical gigabit links between buildings.

*Bio:*
Luka Mustafa is a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and working full-time on
developing the wireless optical system, KORUZA, at Institute IRNAS Rače in
Slovenia, which he founded in 2014. He is also working on his PhD at
University College London. For the past year he has led a keen young team
at IRNAS to develop open hardware manufacturing solutions ranging from
precise 3D printing of plastics and other more unusual materials to
large-scale CNC and plasma cutters for heavier metalwork, innovating on the
use of optical fibres for these applications. He promotes and deploys open
wireless networks with the "wlan slovenia" project, manages national and
international wireless backbones and contributes to several open-hardware
and electronics projects worldwide. He has wide experience interning on
projects from sound-systems to particle accelerator control systems. (
http://koruza.net )

Sudo Calendar:
https://sudoroom.org/events/design-for-imperfect-manufacturing-and-challenges-of-making-wireless-optical-system-koruza/

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/427453017463929/

Can't make it this Thursday? You can also attend KORUZA event at
Noisebridge on the 16th:
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Koruza_event
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