On Mar 17, 2006, at 12:27 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
> Here's a TechReview story about Sun's sensor initiative.
>
http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_16607,300,p1.html>
> Owen, is the Sun Smart Programmable Object Technology (Sun
> SPOT, ...cute)
> closely related to the Epsilon project you worked on?
>
> -S
Yup, here's the skinny:
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Randy Smith <Randall.Smith at Sun.COM>
> To: Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net>
> Subject: Re: Sun SPOT
>
> Owen--
>
> Yes, it is the project i am working on! It is a downstream morph of
> Epsilon in a way.
>
> We are doing our own hardware and Vm and on and on... a large group
> of about a dozen people. Glenn Edens, new VP, lab director, loves
> this stuff.
>
> Jim Crutchfield came by and we donated to him a few SPOTs but did
> not get back to us ... maybe he ran into programming problems.
>
> I have done a little emergent SPOT behavior work (self-aware
> shipment: each package talks to the others, and they look for
> anomalies amongst themselves to see if one of them is being
> tampered with). Kristen MacIntyre has dome some emergent playing
> around. Not sure how far she carried it.
>
> Not sure about the Sun-SFI connection. All sorts of cutbacks recently.
>
> If there was a painless way to do the Business Network thing, then
> maybe, Just very busy right now! Also travel budget cut by 60%...
>
> Shall I put you on a list to receive more information if and when
> they become available for sale?
>
> --Randy
-- Owen
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