On 3/7/07, Jon Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is interesting to see the larger ambitions of the project. It might also help to expand upon what types of devices could be constructed with this logic, in addition to neo1973. I'm thinking remotes, media players, watches, etc...
What if you mated Elite with Yahoo Pipes - instead of RSS feeds, you have extensible data streams.. and instead of planets you have conceptual nodes. Instead of trade routes, by clicking on a node you can see and edit which data streams it imports and exports, and can be anything from a simple wrapper to the GPS device, to a user, an application or represent a physical device such as your desktop or Neo. Here's an early demo picture, although the lack of structure makes it look rather too complex at the moment: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/413592619/ Instead of adding a security layer later, each node could have its own private/public key combo from birth, and would (by default) be authenticated by the node representing the physical device layer. The user node may use a third-party to authenticate themselves, which would allow them to travel between devices, or may choose to operate in a reduced security domain which allows local authentication - simply drag a new node from your 'parent' user-node, un-check the security domains you don't want it to access, and allow password authentication for that 'child' node. To set up communication between nodes, the device authentication layer would handle the swapping of public keys - transparently if requested between multiple physical devices, but the utility arises from this ability to dynamically create overlapping security domains (e.g. my work, friends, family, spouse, etc). I think I've failed in the description somewhat, as I'm still in the early-prototype stages - but I think it could provide access to conceptual and physical resources as simple building blocks, which is fundamental for emergence to flourish. Richard _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community