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

[Jenny Ryan]

Strong possibility. Marc, are you interested in helping to set that up?

Jenny

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On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Scott Edmonds <e at scottedmonds.com> wrote:

> Streaming?
>
> Best,
>
> Scott R. Edmonds
> Mobile: 1-510-928-3469
>
> On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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