WiFi Art || Karen Lee

2003-03-26T22:17:00.000-05:00

Asked to post 3 design ideas for housing a streaming audio device, these are a couple of temporary solutions that I came up with:
Streaming Object 1
Streaming Object 2

2003-03-20T14:54:00.000-05:00

Internet, Wireless To Play Key Role In An Iraq War
Mon Mar 17,10:22 AM ET
By Doug Tsuruoka

War with Iraq (news - web sites), if it happens, will be history's first truly "digital war."

That's because military systems based on Internet and wireless technologies will play a pivotal role in zipping data, analysts say.

Compare that with 1991's Gulf War (news - web sites). Then, technologies like instant messaging (news - web sites) and Webcams weren't around to play a big part on the battlefield.

"This war will be a showcase for digital tech," said Steve Sigmond, a digital security analyst at RBC Capital Markets. "The technology will be three or four generations beyond the Gulf War, and there will be a tremendous amount of stuff that nobody's seen."

Cyberwar expert Winn Schwartau notes the "Internet" as used by the military has little to do with the Web used by millions of consumers.

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2003-03-19T14:26:00.000-05:00

after five weeks of blogging, i'm still not sure that i understand blog culture .. besides somewhat arguably transforming html/web culture with its ease of use (and now we have the carpal tunnel friendly audblog version) the majority of people have used this technology as a means to publicize their daily routines. i admit, the occasional peek into the lives of friends or past crushes can be kind of thrilling but altogether, i don't usually find myself compelled to read other people's postings. i did find myself caught up momentarily with the audblog, excited at the possibility of hearing the voice behind the text .. then i listened to some guy's audblog and rather than emotive intonations, it just sounded like he was forced to stand up and read an excerpt in class. hm.. i started thinking about interesting images that i could possibly post along with my audblog but my roommate (whose singing has been recorded for this week) insisted that i not, really. and maybe for the better .. it's not like i need to post the next online power point presentation.. but really, it could've been really great to see pictures of amy on our couch, singing off of a print-out of snoop's gin and juice *sigh* ..

audblog audio post

2003-03-12T16:27:00.000-05:00

Intel and McDonald's Hook Up to Push Wi-Fi
Tue Mar 11, 4:17 PM ET Add Technology - Reuters to My Yahoo!
By Duncan Martell

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - You want Wi-Fi with that Big Mac?

Intel Corp., the world's biggest computer-chip maker, and McDonald's Corp., the world's biggest restaurant chain, are teaming up to market wireless connectivity to the Internet in some McDonald's restaurants, the companies said on Tuesday.

The effort, starting with 10 McDonald's restaurants in Manhattan, is part of Intel's (Nasdaq:INTC - news) $300 million campaign to launch its Centrino line of products, designed for laptop computing and high-speed wireless access to the Internet.

As part of the program, for the next three months, McDonald's (NYSE:MCD - news) will give customers an hour of wireless Internet access in its restaurants with the purchase of a combination meal.

After that customers will have the option of paying $3 for another hour online or buying another meal.

High-speed wireless Internet access, or Wi-Fi, is spreading rapidly, with "hot spots" popping up in airports, hotels and coffee shops across the United States.

The Centrino technology includes a new processor that Intel designed for laptop computers, related chipsets and a Wi-Fi transceiver, which transmits data at speeds up to roughly 200 times faster than standard dial-up modem.

McDonald's will use an open network so customers do not have to set up an account to gain access. The fast food giant is trying to stem a slide in sales, experimenting with healthier menu options even as it tries to shore up demand for its hamburgers and french fries.

McDonald's, based in Oak Brook, Illinois, said it will test high-speed wireless access in hundreds of restaurants in New York, Chicago and an unnamed major California market by the end of the year.

Separately, bookstore chain Borders Group Inc. (NYSE:BGP - news) said on Tuesday it was helping Intel to market the Centrino brand by putting signs in stores to let customers know that its T-Mobile hotspot network has been optimized to work with the Intel Centrino products.

T-Mobile, a provider of cellular phone service and wireless Internet access, is a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGn.DE).

Ann Binkley, a spokeswoman for Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Borders declined comment on the financial terms of the market effort. She said Intel approached Borders about the deal.

T-Mobile hotspots would be installed in all of Borders' 408 stores by the end of May, Binkley said.

Borders customers must be T-Mobile subscribers to use the hotspots and hook up to the Internet.

In New York, closely held Cometa Networks Inc. will be the service provider for the wireless connections, said McDonald's spokeswoman Lisa Howard. She said no decisions had been made yet on which service provider to use in the other markets.
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2003-02-19T18:04:00.000-05:00

Image of trailer park:
http://www.generation.net/~watco/trip1.jpg

Images of trash(y) parks:
http://people.jyu.fi/~raiztlin/www/myllypuro/dm-r7-hki_myllis12.jpg
http://chris132477.bizland.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/sign.jpg

Free wireless internet access parks:
Alberta Park (NE 19th & Ainsworth) in Portland, Oregon
image of alberta park
image of Vancouver-Washington Carter Park
PGE Park

Antenna park:
http://www.mpap.net/gallery/mpap-cotton/Its%20started/pages/Dec07_09_JPG.htm

Images of antenna parks:
http://www.mobilecomms-technology.com/contractors/inbuilding/ems/ems2.html
http://www.nodedb.com/australia/qld/brisbane/view.php?nodeid=60
http://www.mpap.net/gallery/mpap-cotton/Its%20started/index.htm

2003-02-12T15:45:00.000-05:00

I haven't checked to see whether the server is up yet but for now, I'm posting my finds on free wireless parks here.
There is one in Parques Milaflores in Zarazoga, Spain but after emailing Rodolfo, who runs it off his balcony, it seems to be unavailable to unregistered guests:

I'm only including our following email correspondance because I had to use an online translator to write and understand the Spanish *um*. For anyone else who can't read it, he 'probably' wrote something like: Hello Karen, Yes, in these moments I am giving wireless cover of network to a great part of the Park Miraflores of Zaragoza. The access to Internet to the anonymous users is for the time being restricted by motives of security. A greeting, Rodolfo

Anyway .. www.nodedb.com is somewhat useful for finding areas that might have wireless parks but I'm having a hard time anyway.

From: "Rodolfo" | This is Spam | Add to Address Book
To: "Karen Lee"
Subject: Re: wireless parks
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:18:58 +0100

Hola Karen
Sí, en estos momentos estoy dando cobertura de red inalámbrica a una
gran
parte del Parque Miraflores de Zaragoza.
El acceso a Internet a los usuarios anónimos está de momento
restringido por
motivos de seguridad.
Un saludo

Rodolfo

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Lee"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:13 PM
Subject: wireless parks

> Hola Rodolfo,
>
> Hago investigación de estudiante para encontrar los
> parques radiofónicos libres y yo vi su nombre en el
> dbmode. com. ¿Era yo preguntar si usted proporciona el
> servicio radiofónico libre para el Parque Miraflores?
>
> Agradeza para su tiempo,
> Karen Lee

2003-02-12T12:45:00.000-05:00

a group of students at the AA school in london [architectural association school of architecture] created a project based around wireless technology in 2001/002: Terraportal # 1 aims to explore ideas of wireless technolgies and portable computing in relation to architecture and the urban environment. you can view the link at: http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/antennaa/text.htm#terra or click on the link in the sidebar.

i believe one of the aspects or goals of their project was to allocate location-specific information through wireless devices. that is, to produce their own content which would be relayed over a wireless network at specific points around london. this group, in conjunction with consume [consume.net], created an antennae mounted over the AA building providing wireless access for the surrounding public. I've also read that they had access to two more antennaes and were planning to create nodes around london for public wireless access but i can't find any documentation on whether or not this was completed.

some of the video links for the 'antennae' project are pretty interesting, including the street interviews and the first link to the workshop introduction is uncannily similar to our own collaboration introduction (with waving pcmcia cards and all).

although the intentions of the 'antennae' project in london vary from our WiFi collaboration, i think it is still useful to note what other students have done with wireless technology so far. the idea of hosting location-specific information is a topic that was also addressed in our class and we briefly talked about the possibilities of (and also the benefits and consequences) of non-profit versus media uses of it. ok, time for more research.

2003-02-05T14:07:00.000-05:00

here's a link to how WAP works just in case you want to read about how wireless works on mobiles and pda's.
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,17437,00.asp

2003-02-05T13:49:00.000-05:00

i posted the link on my sidebar to the article that i read on some of the commercial and non-commercial uses of WiFi. i had to chuckle when i read that starbucks charged their customers for using their wireless when just down the street a couple of other stores were providing free service for their customers.

2003-02-05T13:26:00.000-05:00

has anyone seen the new issue of vice (viceland.com)? arthur bradford was asked by vice to do a "special issue" starring some of his friends who have disabilities. i say everyone pick up a copy of the free magazine and we can discuss it later in class. or use the pages to line our pringle antenna with come april.

2003-01-29T20:14:00.000-05:00

01 + why wireless
[ i just bought a wireless router and i'm *smitten*. i can walk around the apartment with my laptop and not have to worry about wires. well, not really. the laptop battery's dead so i still have to plug it in to the wall. and i don't really walk around with my laptop all that much. still, this class caught my fancy because it really is pretty phenomenal how much having wireless technology can alter our daily rituals. and making something creative with it *phwaw* - now that's too much! ]

02 + experience in web design
[ html web monkey, some director, some flash, some javascript, uh, dreamweaver doesn't count, does it? ]

03 + roles that i am interested in
[ physical computing, visual and web design, and everything else that was suggested on the whiteboard ]

04 + my background
[ bfa at ucsc - emphasis in 'electronic media' (ranging from sensory installations to digital photography) ]

2003-01-29T19:54:00.000-05:00

hello hello. this would be the first posting for our wiFi class' blog.