Chronos is an innovative system for Wi-Fi position tracking, developed by MIT, that can help us provide intelligent free Wi-Fi, design smarter houses and produce safer drones.
A team of researchers at CSAIL (MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligent Laboratory) recently developed an innovative system, called Chronos, for accurate Wi-Fi position tracking of clients: thanks to this system, a single access point is now able to locate a Wi-Fi client at a decimeter-level. (more…)
Seattle introduces a Digital Equity Initiative to provide Internet access to its citizens.
The Digital Equity Initiative was launched in response to the Seattle’s Quadrennial Technology Indicators Report released in 2014. The Initiative intends to provide Internet access to the 93,000 residents without Internet connectivity in Seattle, this mostly includes older people and immigrants.
In September 2015, Ilias Papadopoulos brought a free Wi-Fi connection to a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece using Ubiquiti APs.
Ilias Papadopoulos, an electrical engineer from Greece, first arrived at the refugee camp in August 2015 to research how he could help the refugees in this camp. Though the Idomeni refugee camp can only accommodate 4,000 people, the number of the population grew to 13,000. The first thing Papadopoulos noticed upon his arrival was that the majority of the refugees owned cell phones without SIM cards. (more…)
Wireless networks are gathering data regarding pedestrian behavior through Wi-Fi tracking.
Walking in public spaces means passing through numerous wireless networks being accessed by Wi-Fi enabled devices. Even when Wi-Fi enabled devices are not connected to these wireless networks, Wi-Fi encountered signals can still track the bypassers, raising pedestrian’s concerns over privacy infringement. Through collecting data on pedestrian behavior through Wi-Fi networks often comes at a cost of privacy, this data can highly benefit the public good.
The next WiFi standard upgrade 802.11ax will deliver a faster performance speed in high-density deployment in comparison to precedent standards.
Each Wi-Fi standard includes identifying properties, specific to each upgrade, such as maximum range, bandwidth, speed or number of channels of a particular device. The 802.11ax Wi-Fi standard, for instance, still at a very early stage of its development, will be primarily designed for high-density deployments in public places.
During his historic visit to the island nation, U.S. President Barack Obama introduced Google Wi-Fi and broadband access to the Cubans to foster the connectivity throughout the country.
During the meeting between U.S. president Barack Obama and Cuba’s President Raúl Castro, Obama introduced Google’s plan to expand Wi-Fi and broadband access in Cuba. It is still not certain how much Internet access will be allowed considering that last year the Cuban Government already allowed the deployment of 35 Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the country. (more…)