Skyhook Wireless - Wi-Fi Location Sensing

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World Records in SoC for Wireless
Sensing - CSEM and XEMICS Partnership
Enables Excellence in Product
Development

World Records in SoC for Wireless
Sensing - CSEM and XEMICS Partnership
Enables Excellence in Product
Development 02/05/2005 09:28 PM
Wireless sensing has emerged as a major research topic in the recent years and is now triggering a growing demand for the deployment of low-power wireless sensor networks in customer applications. The ongoing collaboration between CSEM Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique SA and XEMICS in this field has resulted in a new ultra-low-power System-on-Chip (SoC) offering world record performance. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Testing of Location-Capable 3G UMTS
Wireless Devices

Testing of Location-Capable 3G UMTS
Wireless Devices 12/02/2003 04:16 AM
3G Dec 2 2003 3:34AM ET

Motorola licenses Wozniak venture's
wireless technology for location
tracking

Motorola licenses Wozniak venture's
wireless technology for location
tracking 01/08/2004 08:26 PM
SiliconValley.com Jan 8 2004 9:56AM ET

Major Mobile Operators O2 and
TeliaSonera to Deliver Real-Time
Location Services for Microsoft MapPoint
Location Server

Major Mobile Operators O2 and
TeliaSonera to Deliver Real-Time
Location Services for Microsoft MapPoint
Location Server 06/29/2004 07:09 AM
Today, Microsoft Corp. and European mobile operators O2 and TeliaSonera announced plans to deliver real-time location services designed to enable businesses to significantly improve the way they locate, track and manage their mobile assets and mobile work force. The real-time location services are built around Microsoft® MapPoint® Location Server (MLS) and enable developers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and system integrators to create and deploy location-aware business applications for their customers by combining the real-time location data from the O2 and TeliaSonera networks with the rich mapping and location capabilities from the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service.

buried network of wireless motion
sensors on the public land surrounding
the "operating location near Groom Lake,
Nevada."

buried network of wireless motion
sensors on the public land surrounding
the "operating location near Groom Lake,
Nevada." 05/31/2004 04:06 AM
discovered and dug up some road sensors .. area 51 secrets

securityfocus.com/news/8768
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Opera: Location, Location, Location
(GM#008-OP)

Opera: Location, Location, Location
(GM#008-OP) 08/06/2004 01:11 PM
GreyMagic Software (Aug 05 2004)

Location, location, location? Forget
about it

Location, location, location? Forget
about it 04/11/2004 07:55 PM
ZDNet Apr 12 2004 0:34AM GMT

Python and XML: Location, Location,
Location

Python and XML: Location, Location,
Location 12/19/2004 03:49 PM
Uche Ogbuji's Python and XML column this month describes some techniques for determing node or parse event locations, expressed in XPath, when parsing XML with DOM or SAX.

Opera: Location, Location, Location

Opera: Location, Location, Location 08/05/2004 02:00 PM
GreyMagic Software (Aug 05 2004)

"Donald Sensing"

"Donald Sensing" 07/17/2004 02:52 AM

"this post by Donald Sensing,"

"this post by Donald Sensing," 03/27/2005 11:43 PM

Eye-contact-sensing goggles

Eye-contact-sensing goggles 05/16/2004 02:52 PM
Connor Dickie, a student at Queen's University's Human Media Lab, has developed these video-shooting glasses with an eye-contact sensor, and a companion app called eyeBlog that allows the wearer to videoblog her/his PoV. Link (Thanks, Connor!)

Remote Sensing/GIS Software For OS X?

Remote Sensing/GIS Software For OS X? 12/13/2003 12:19 AM

this analysis by Donald Sensing,

this analysis by Donald Sensing, 09/11/2004 05:53 AM
didn't get the military details

donaldsensing.com/2004/09/more-format-and-content-analysis-o f.html
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Speed Sensing Traffic Light

Speed Sensing Traffic Light 04/09/2004 04:05 PM

Stoplight to punish suburban speeders / Pleasanton finds a way to slow impatient drivers: Fascinating — they've found a way to turn speeders into red light runners.

In a move unprecedented in the Bay Area, the city's traffic engineers have created a traffic signal with attitude. It senses when a speeder is approaching and metes out swift punishment.

It doesn't write a ticket. It immediately turns from green to yellow to red.

Via Metafilter.

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ITT to Buy Kodak Remote Sensing Business

ITT to Buy Kodak Remote Sensing Business 02/10/2004 06:40 PM
Eastman Kodak, realigning its holdings as it launches full-steam into digital imaging, is selling its historic remote-sensing-systems unit to ITT Industries for $725 million.

Glucose-sensing contact lenses

Glucose-sensing contact lenses 03/23/2005 01:19 PM
David Pescovitz: Bioengineers at the University of Maryland are developing contact lenses that change color in response to changes in blood sugar. The approach would benefit diabetics who traditionally use skin prick tests to monitor their glucose levels. One of scientist Chris Geddes's prototypes requires the wearer to use a handheld device that flashes a blue light at the eye and measures the glow. From New Scientist:

Geddes' team is looking at several options for users. Rather than having the entire contact lens glow, tiny sensor spots could be placed around the contact lens. Those spots could monitor glucose, as well as sodium, cholesterol and potassium...

The group is also working on a contact lens that would change colour like a traffic light - from green to yellow to orange to red - enabling the wearer or an observer to determine a broader range of blood sugar level, from too low to too high.

Link

No Bones About It: BBEdit 7.0.2 Gets
Auto Sensing

No Bones About It: BBEdit 7.0.2 Gets
Auto Sensing 02/19/2003 02:58 PM
Mac Observer Feb 19 2003 12:10PM ET

Vodafone and Toshiba's Motion Sensing
Phone

Vodafone and Toshiba's Motion Sensing
Phone 02/01/2005 09:09 PM

Vodafone Japan is getting two new Toshiba handsets, the V603T and V603SH, both of which are clamshells. The V603SH has a motion sensor, allowing users to wave it around to perform basic commands (not unlike using mouse gestures)—neat, but ultimately pointless, I fear. At the very least, it's golden, which should be worth some price premium. Its companion V603T appears to be essentially the same phone minus the motion sensing—in its case, Toshiba is focusing on the ability to pick-up analog television broadcasts (something the V603SH can do, as well).

Both phone will be available in February in a Japan near you.

Vodafone K.K. launches motion, tv phones [MobileTracker]

Airports to test bomb-sensing devices
(USATODAY.com)

Airports to test bomb-sensing devices
(USATODAY.com) 06/17/2004 06:49 AM
USATODAY.com - The Transportation Security Administration today will unveil the first new bomb-detection device in airports since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - machines that blow air at passengers and "sniff" for explosives.

New Wi-Fi Tracker Pinpoints User, Device
Location > New Wi-Fi Tracker Pinpoints
User, Device Location > December 24,
2003

New Wi-Fi Tracker Pinpoints User, Device
Location > New Wi-Fi Tracker Pinpoints
User, Device Location > December 24,
2003 12/29/2003 06:06 AM
locate 802.11x WLAN users within a few feet .. :

techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20031224S0003
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Location X 2.0

Location X 2.0 10/30/2003 04:56 PM
Allows you to, with a single click, change network, time zone, email settings and more all at once.

WNN's New Location

WNN's New Location 12/14/2003 12:04 AM
We're now cooking with T3s: Wi-Fi Networking News's virtual home moved from a 768 Kbps SDSL line, which had served it nicely, up to a co-location facility that has dual T3s and several 10s of Mbps available on demand. If anyone notices a significant difference in speed, performance, or other details (for better or worse), please let us know. Because our site is designed to be mostly text-heavy, not graphics intensive, its more likely that during busy times, you'll get the site right away instead of waiting moments for a page load....

Free Location API

Free Location API 06/07/2004 05:27 PM
And so it beginns...

Search by Location

Search by Location 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Google Labs has released Search by Location. Enter some search terms and an address, city, or zip code and Google will return a bunch of results which contain nearby addresses and plot them on a map. You may recall that this idea was the winner of the 2002 Google Programming Contest and submitted by Daniel Egnor....

Location-GeoTool-1.98

Location-GeoTool-1.98 07/01/2004 05:43 AM

Leaning Towards Co-Location

Leaning Towards Co-Location 12/27/2002 05:12 AM
WebmasterBase Dec 27 2002 4:44AM ET

HTML-Location-0.2

HTML-Location-0.2 12/11/2003 10:46 PM

HTML-Location-0.4

HTML-Location-0.4 09/18/2004 10:58 AM

Acoustic location

Acoustic location 04/17/2005 07:21 PM

Another from memepool:

Acoustic location was used from mid-WW1 to the early years of WW2 for the passive detection of aircraft by picking up the noise of the engines. It was rendered obsolete before and during WW2 by the introduction of radar, which was far more effective.

Location-GeoTool-1.97

Location-GeoTool-1.97 06/22/2004 05:57 AM

Wi-Fi used for location services

Wi-Fi used for location services 06/22/2005 02:37 AM
ZDNet Jun 20 2005 8:27PM GMT

HTML-Location-0.1

HTML-Location-0.1 12/07/2003 10:30 AM

Avocent Introduces the World's First
Wireless Solution for KVM Switching and
Video Broadcasting: AutoView Wireless
controls sixteen servers from two
wireless consoles, nominated for Best of
Interop award at NetWorld+Interop 2004

Avocent Introduces the World's First
Wireless Solution for KVM Switching and
Video Broadcasting: AutoView Wireless
controls sixteen servers from two
wireless consoles, nominated for Best of
Interop award at NetWorld+Interop 2004 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
Avocent Corporation (NASDAQ: AVCT) today announced the AutoView Wireless, the world’s first wireless keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) switching and video broadcasting solution. The AutoView Wireless is a finalist in the Network Server and Peripheral category in the Best of Interop Awards competition at NetWorld+Interop. Award finalists were selected by CMP Media’s CRN, Network Computing, VARBusiness and Network Magazine. [PRWEB May 10, 2004]

Opportunistic Location Finder

Opportunistic Location Finder 04/09/2004 05:14 PM
Quarterscope using wardriving databases, software-only approach to simulate GPS services: The CTIA (cell trade association) gave Quarterscope a runner-up award for its unique software-only solution, still in testing, which can identify a Wi-Fi-enabled device's location through a mapped database of wardrove access points. It's opportunistically connecting the GIS (geographic information system) style mapping of wardriving (with fixed coordinates obtained via GPS) with the indiscriminate beaconing of most access points--APs that aren't operating with a closed network setting. Quarterscope says they can pinpoint to within 20 meters, but there have to be active, open, and wardrove access points nearby. The company says in the Wi-Fi Planet article that it's plotting the locations of millions of APs, but I have to assume they're starting with existing databases. I've queried the company for an interview to get more information. But with that assumption, the product has an essential strength: it can initially rely on the GPS gathering thousands of others, instead of seeding its own transmitters or maps. Over time, they can gather more data points and have a model for when APs move--across town or to another country! Because it's software only, it means that you can run their eventual product without special hardware. The company says it's looking into working with a GPS partner in order to bring both the benefits together: Quarterscope will work well in urban areas where getting the three or four satellite signals for best GPS performance are difficult; GPS in rural areas where Wi-Fi is hard to find. [link via Smart Mobs]...

Location based media

Location based media 04/11/2004 02:29 PM

This is something Mikel and Marc Eisenstadt will like.

The Art and Science of Location and Media.

I came across two interesting experiments involving location metadata and media today.
First, scientists Roberto Cipolla and Duncan Robertson at the University of Cambridge are building a system for inferring location from image content:

Roberto Cipolla and Duncan Robertson have developed a program that can match a photograph of a building to a database of images. The database contains a three-dimensional representation of the real-life street, so the software can work out where the user is standing to within one metre.

Their project is the inverse of the Mobile Media Metadata project, which aims to infer image content from contextual metadata (including location). It is interesting to consider how the technologies might work together: taking a picture of a building tells the system where you are (South Hall). Knowing where you are tells the system what you are doing there (attending class), from which it can infer who the people in the picture are (your classmates)…
Second, artists Pall Thayer, Sara Kolster, and Pete Gomes are playing with the concept of geocinema, using open-source tools to superimpose GPS coordinates on video on real-time. Cool, but how much more interesting would it be if they could:

1. convert those coordinates to higher-level semantic location metadata ("the place I passed out last night"), and
   
2. use that metadata not just for superimposing on the video but as input for determining the structure of the video narrative?
   

[unmediated]

Ekahau Announces Wi-Fi Location Tag

Ekahau Announces Wi-Fi Location Tag 06/04/2004 02:46 AM
Ekahau T101 Wi-Fi tag enables real-time people and asset tracking over standard Wi-Fi networks. [PRWEB Jun 4, 2004]

Location Still Matters With Internet PR

Location Still Matters With Internet PR 03/26/2005 05:41 AM
WebProNews Mar 26 2005 8:59AM GMT

Wardriving as a Proxy for Wi-Fi GPS
Location

Wardriving as a Proxy for Wi-Fi GPS
Location 05/11/2004 04:34 PM
Quarterscope converts Wi-Fi cards plus a wardriving database into a virtual GPS receiver: A few weeks ago, Wi-Fi Networking News talked to Ted Morgan, the founder and president of Quarterscope, a company which had just won an award at the cellular industry's big trade show for location services, finishing behind well-established Ekahau. Quarterscope's product is software that uses a database of wardriving records that it matches against the signals received by a Wi-Fi radio to produce an approximate set of coordinates, like a virtual GPS. "What got us started down this path is the density of public and private hot spots," Morgan said. "No one realizes just how many of these access points has been installed. They see the sales numbers, but they don't extrapolate the fact that people are going home and plugging them in." Morgan said that they have primed the pump of their database using existing information from research groups, hobby wardrivers, and collective databases. "We're aggregating from lots of different existing sources today," he said. Wardriving uses "stumbling" software like NetStumbler to record all of the network names and unique access point hardware addresses at regular time slices, like every second, combining that information with GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) receiver coordinates tied into the same laptop or handheld. Quarterscope is starting its own stumbling efforts by installing wardriving devices on vehicles in metropolitan areas that drive random paths, such as delivery vans. "If you have somebody who is scanning for a full day, in metro areas, they can scan over 5,000 a day, particularly in downtown areas," Morgan said. Oddly, he said, certain kinds of vehicles don't work because they drive similar routes every day, such as police cars. "if you really look at what a cop does all day, it's pretty revealing." Morgan said that they've had legal advice as to whether passively scanning or pinging for a beacon violates any laws int he U.S. "We've gotten consultation on the whole process, and it’s very clearly within legal bounds," he said. "If we have any concerns, it's more on a perception side of things. You can go to the FBI Web site and they very clearly state that passive scanning is fine. The problem is if you connect into somebody’s network." Quarterscope's software generates a virtual serial port on a Windows system, and uses the NMEA GPS protocol. it works with a variety of mapping...
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