ubiquiplex the scrap devices company engineering: joshua doubleday maksim noy jing su daniel tran...
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Ubiquiplex The Scrap Devices Company
Engineering:Joshua Doubleday
Maksim Noy
Jing Su
Daniel Tran
Steve Zhang
Managed By:Daniel Howe
Business:Eddie Chung
Linda Pruitt
George Donegan
Matt Boos
Overview
The ideal
The more realistic (our goal)
Our group motto“If at first we don’t succeed, redefine success!”
What we will be able to demo
Four sources of second hand information is not better than the original
Ideal
All machines can communicate with one another seamlessly.
All machines can sense our thoughts and are able to download the information we want automatically to our brain.
Obviously, we are not idealistic.
The more realistic
Build infrastructure to allow apps on any device to have access to the user’s info.
Data moves with the user
Users wear small keys/tags/badges to identify themselves
Data possibly cached in these keys/tags/badges for maximum performance.
If at first we don’t succeed…
SpotON not the best choice for location/identity tags
Range and precision limitedNot small, no cachingAlternative was discovered too late
Drop a platform – Palm (unless someone is really bored this weekend)Drop two applications – We’re supposed to get 3rd party vendors anyway ;-)
The Demo
Scenario:User walks up to iPAQ, opens ToDo application. His/her information automatically is loaded. He/she modify the information, goes to the video wall. The changes are displayed there.
All planets must be aligned correctly. Actually WinCE, Windows, and 802.11 on the iPAQ must all work. Don’t know which is harder.
Details – SpotON server
It works fine, but ….Not the best reliability or performance
SpotON tags are a hassle
Only 3 tags available on Demo day No dedicated IP for this right now
Background app to communicate with SpotON server and each application.
Artefacts of demo
Details – Profile Server
Works great
Currently supports Instant Messenger, MemoPad, and ToDo applications
Each application communicates individually with server
Maintains connection during life of app
Details – Applications
All three applications work fine under both WinCE and Win98/2000.
“If it works, don’t push your luck.”
Contact List condition – possible
Resurrecting the Palm platform?Well, it’s hard to resurrect something that never lived in the first place.