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

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Thanks Jenny!
Please let us know when the URL is available.

Multiple Thanks! :)

Daniel

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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:
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>>> Streaming?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Scott R. Edmonds
>>> Mobile: 1-510-928-3469
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>>> 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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