Media Center in Linux
I’ve posted a bit of a HOWTO to get J.River’s Media Center 11 working under WINE on Linux. Check it out.
1 comment February 26th, 2006
Archive for February, 2006
Proof Universal just didn’t get it
Hey, they’re both set in space, right?
http://fbo.com.au/movie.asp?ID=24784
*sob*
Add comment February 18th, 2006
Next century challenges: mobile networking for “Smart Dust”
http://www.citeulike.org/user/scottr/article/482187
A very cool little paper, talking about the possibility of “smart dust”, essentially a sensor network on an even smaller scale. The main thrust of this paper is using optical techniques to transmit data between dust “motes” and a base station. The base station emits light that the motes detect and reflect back, modulating the light to transmit the data - this way most of the energy to transmit the data is coming from the base station, in the form of the original light wave, and is simply modulated and reflected back, at very little cost to the dust mote. It also allows for “space division multiplexing”, as the base station can receive reflected data back from any number of dust motes up to the resolution of the camera being used.
2 comments February 1st, 2006
Directed diffusion: a scalable and robust communication paradigm for sensor networks
http://www.citeulike.org/user/scottr/article/482190
A really good paper on interest and data dissemination in sensor networks. Describes the “directed diffusion” paradigm, where “interests” are diffused throughout the network, and paths are “reinforced” to create gradients back to the data sinks. All communication is local, so nodes have no knowledge of the network topology. Unique addresses aren’t needed in the network, but nodes must be able to distinguish neighbours somehow. There’s probably quite a bit of work that could be done in diffusion based networks, such as development of a MAC layer protocol specifically designed for diffusion applications, however, seeing as the paper is from 2000, there’s probably already been work done, so I’ll have a good look around.
Add comment February 1st, 2006