May 2009
21 posts
Andoid App "Fluid Nexus" Aims to Move Mobile... →
The author of this article speculates at possible marketing opportunities of a mobile-based system following the swarm paradigm. Identifying the real-world potential of this “interconnected” and decentralized way of solving problems.
Welcome To Contagious →
Magazine that identifies ideas, trends and innovations behind the swarm power of marketting - many case studies and industry notes
Bacterial Orchestra →
Just released 3 weeks ago.. the bacterial orchestra project ported to iPhone. Each phone (or audio cell) listens for sounds and recognizable musical qualities, and then attempts to construct it’s own sounds to contribute to the performance. This seems like a natural progression and an elegant implementation of an already existing concept. Quite similar area of research to my project - plays...
IDSCAN - bluetooth marketing and bluetooth... →
Obvious market identified for Bluetooth technology in social events - ques, bars, promotional offers, etc
Swarm Sandbox @ Google Code →
This is where all the development for Swarm Sandbox is managed, included source code and wikis.
Talking Points 2 - Google Code →
A project intended to assist the blind in city navigation through the use of “talking” beacons (Bluetooth). Useful for code refference
http://code.google.com/p/talkingpoints-2/
New entries — No Life Blog →
This guy has re-built an extension (pyaosocket) that will hopefully allow me to do Bluetooth device discovery again! WOOP
Python For S60:Modules - Python For S60 →
Media Sandbox » Swarm →
This was MediaSandbox (Bristol) funded research project into locative gaming that explored the behaviours observed by a group of people following simple rules given to them in a game environment. It follows very similar swarm principles to my proposed project.
Croozeus.com - home to PyS60 developers. →
Very good resource for Python for S60 Development, lots of turorials
aymanshamma - Install Python for S60 in an... →
Useful tutorial describing the steps to easily set up a Python for S60 Emulator development environment for pc
WatchFluid Nexus
This project implements similar Swarm principles to those I am studying, in mobile phone software that allows users to send and receive short messages without relying on network carrier infrastructure. However it more deals with the social implecations of the system, opposed to looking at the swarming emergence of such a network.