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

[Jenny Ryan]

Reminder that this is happening tonight at 8pm!

If you can't make it, Marc will be setting up to livestream and we'll post
the link in this thread <3
On Nov 10, 2015 6:02 PM, "Jenny Ryan" <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Strong possibility. Marc, are you interested in helping to set that up?
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> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Scott Edmonds <e at scottedmonds.com> wrote:
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>> Streaming?
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>> Best,
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>> Scott R. Edmonds
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>> On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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/
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>> Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/427453017463929/
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>> 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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