A set of XO-1 units was demonstrated by Petria and James Cameron at Parkes Radiotelescope a week and a half ago, with about 6500 visitors to the site walking past the demonstration.
It was a hit with the kids, who automatically clustered around the table to fit the available keyboard slots. The parents could then be talked to above the kids. ;-) I'm told that CSIRO, which operates the telescope, was responsible for much of the research that went into wireless ethernet. Some of the photographs: http://tinyurl.com/kmxzr2 The Orana Region Amateur Radio Club and staff of the radiotelescope assisted with the early radio range testing of the XO-1 prototypes. We obtained specific permission from the telescope science team to use the laptops on the day. Normally they would not be allowed near it, because of the (normal) RF emissions. The telescope is very sensitive. -- James Cameron http://quozl.linux.org.au/ _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
