Very nice. Imagine actually using your cell phone, when the networks are off. Great utility. Good luck on your submission.
*typo fixed. On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Muthuselvam Ramadoss < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very nice. Imaging actually using your cell phone, when the networks are > off. Great utility. Good luck on your submission. > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > I'm happy to announce my project Fluid Nexus, an application that is > > primarily designed to enable activists and relief workers to send > > messages and data amongst themselves independent of a centralized > > cellular network. The idea is to provide a means of communication > > between people when the centralized network has been shut down, either > > by the government during a time of unrest, or by nature due to a > > massive disaster. It uses Bluetooth to create short-term, short-range > > network connections between people, thus using the phones as part of a > > "sneaker-net". > > > > This was a particularly difficult project to write for the ADC given > > that Bluetooth is not supported in the emulator :-) However, I wrote > > a basic Bluetooth simulator that fires off simulated events (at least > > those that are relevant for my application). As well, I wrote a > > bridge that sits between the emulator and the host's Bluetooth > > adapter; the bridge transfers data between the two via TCP sockets, as > > others have done here for cameras. > > > > I've released the source code under GPLv3; it's really poorly > > documented right now, but that will hopefully change soon. > > > > Website: http://fluidnexus.net > > Project video: http://vimeo.com/899706 > > Application: http://fluidnexus.net/media/code/FluidNexusAndroid.apk > > Source code (licensed under the GPLv3): > > http://fluidnexus.net/media/code/FluidNexusAndroid-0.01.tar.gz > > Subversion repository: > > https://svn.zeitkunst.org/viewvc/FluidNexusAndroid > > > > I'm excited to hear what people think! > > > > Good luck to everyone in the challenge, and especially those who, like > > me, just submitted their application :-) > > > > nick > > > > > > > > > -- > take care, > Muthu Ramadoss. > > http://mobeegal.in > find stuff closer. -- take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://mobeegal.in find stuff closer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
