The whole MAV thing combined with this, though it seems to be for applications like weather stations, makes me paranoid. I fear for the we= ll being of privacy. They noted that 1Mbps is plenty for transferring real-time video with modest compression that can be done in hardware. It looks to me like James Bond's newest surveillance toy. Aside from that, tr=E8s cool. Check out fsona for something similar, tho= ugh a different applicaion and higher data rates. http://www.fsona.com/ They're designing golden mile comm applications golden mile for those who don't know is the last mile distance between th= e fibre-optic backbone of a network and the businesses wanting connections. Typically, this is the most expensive portion of the entire connection (i= f you have to rip up a street to put in your fibre connection, you know tha= t you'll be paying through the nose for it) Fsona's tech is based on laser comm similar but much more powerful than t= hat depicted in the article listed by Peter (though as I said before, it is f= or a different purpose) and it provides quite reliable (can be interrupted b= y the occasional bird for a few ms) connections. I think it's a great idea. Cheap installation (in $/Gbps terms). Cheap maitainance compared to other techs of similar BW. Looks good to me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter L. Peres" To: Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: [OT]: About smart dust and more > Another link I found today (must read): > > http://zapport.eecs.berkeley.edu/~salt./mfv/publications/salt_12feb00.p= df > > Notice the date. > > Peter > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.