IP: We are Pretty Proud of this one

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
> [Note:  This item comes from reader Dave Hughes.  DLH]
>
> At 18:41 -0700 10/8/01, Dave Hughes wrote:
> > From: "Dave Hughes" <dave () oldcolo com>
> > To: <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> > Subject: We are Pretty Proud of this one
> > Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 18:41:07 -0700
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> >
> >
> > War, or no war, progress continues. After overcoming a bunch of
> > obstacles on the ground, in getting a complex set of wireless devices to
> > work - connected to sets of 'data loggers' in a wilderness area of
> > central Alaska, then linking the serial wireless links to the Internet
> > at a Rocket Range 38 miles northeast of Fairbanks at Caribou Peak and
> > Poker Flats the University did their job back in warm Fairbanks, and
> > completed the link to a universally accessible web site. Which is even
> > used by the US Military.
> >
> > Take a look at:
> >
> > <http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/cpcrw/metdata/cpcrw-hourly.html>
> >
> > and you will see the cryptic notations of real-time data coming from the
> > land of snow and blow and awfully cold temperatures in places one can
> > only reach by ATVs - in season. (we are braced for -60 in the low ground
> > in the dead of winter). They have chosen to grab the data daily,
> > although it is possible to get it complete and real time, anytime.
> >
> > I'm proud of this achievement. Its one of the few complete models for
> > environmental and biological scientists that doesn't require the entire
> > US Treasury, big rigs, licensed radios, and non-scalable solutions, or
> > accessibility only by specialized software from select locations. Your
> > taxes at work. I'll demonstrate it at a scientific gathering end of this
> > month. (This is linked to the possible use of our wireless expertise to
> > monitoring water and other vital resources for the earliest possible
> > signs of terrorist tampering out beyond easy patrolling)
> >
> > In a week or so I will have the narrative, with still pictures AND our
> > first trial online 'video' (Quicktime, later MS Media format) of parts
> > of the project online on <http://wireless.oldcolo.com>. From now on you
> > get movies!
> >
> > Footnote. The area of Alaska we did this in is apparently more dangerous
> > than we thought. Its not that far from Livingood where that drunken
> > sourdough nut fired a bullet into the pipeline. He might have been
> > plinking our radios next! Guess I'll go armed into the Alaskan tundra
> > next time. <grin> I carried a gat in Korean winter about 50 years ago.
> > Guess I can do it again!
> >
> > Dave Hughes
> > dave () oldcolo com


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