Wireless Art

magicbike's link

http://a.parsons.edu/~liching/magicbike/

Applescript ScreenShot and FTP

I've written an Applescript that uses FreeSnap, Fetch, and Graphic Converter to take a screenshot, resize the image, and FTP it to the server. I had a version of it posted here, but took it down because it included the user/password for magicbike.net (oops). This version is new and improved anyway.

I will then use a shell script to automate this action at a regular interval (see: OSX Hacks). This will be used to give a real-time (more or less) GPS location of MagicBike viewable on the web.

--Josh

Union Square

Union Square

brooklyn bridge

Here are some maps and photos of the brooklyn bridge...

map 1: (downtown map- manhattan side)
http://www.newyorkcityfocus.com/nyc_maps/lower_wTribeca.htm

bridge photo 1: (commercial photographer)
http://www.danheller.com/nyc-brooklyn-br.html

bridge photo 2: (site contains several photos and a history of the bridge - search histroic photos gallery)

http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/bbridge/bbridge.html

bikes: photos of bikers on the bridge

http://www.bikecult.com/works/events/critmass01bb8.jpg

http://archive.tri-cityherald.com/travel/stories/nation/bikingbigapple.html

About todays class

Hey Yury.
I am so sorry but i can't make it to todays class. I have a doctors appointment at 1pm, and that was the only one i could get this week. I have started working on your ideas for the "cartoon frames" to illustrate the use and construction of the magicbike, and i will post them as soon as i get to a scanner.

Erlend

PS let me know if we are going to work on the bikes this weekend. i am free for once.

FTP screenshots automatcially with Snapz Pro X

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/webboard/Forum70/HTML/000012.html

From the Ambrosia software bulletin board for SnapzProX

Bike design

Here is a suggested design for the new bike, sorry, can't remember the name of it..hehe. Again, comments will be appreciated.

Erlend

Bike design

Here is a suggested design for the "56K" bike. Take a look at it and please post some comments.

Erlend

THANKS FOR YOU HARD WORK AND ENERGY TODAY WITH STRIPPING PAINT!!!

Doctor These Photos for the Designs

Could you please work on Photoshoping these photos to play with the bike design.

Bike_1_SideView
Bike_1_DetailView

Bike_2_SideView
Bike_2_DetailView

Wi-fi expected on 25 Million Vehicles within 5 years

Adoption of Bluetooth has been steadily increasing since its OEM automotive debut in the 2003 Saab 9-3. Although Bluetooth will continue its momentum in new 2004 models from Acura, Audi, Lexus, Lincoln, Maybach, and Toyota, to name a few, its role will be limited, according to the findings of a new research study from ABI.

Protocols based on 802.11, such as DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications), promise to fill the need for longer range, higher bandwidth applications that will not only link vehicles with roadside data access points, but between each other. Ratification of the new DSRC protocol is expected by the end of 2004, with aftermarket automotive offerings quickly following suit. Aftermarket 802.11-based automotive products will appear by the end of this year, initially focused on entertainment applications.

Read the rest of the Linux Devices article at:
article on linux devices
article on netstumbler

note that this claims to have "0" wireless vehicles now and 200,000 by 2003. interesting.....

External Laptop Battery

http://www.batterysavings.com/controls/site/1/Product/+/+/+/B-5755/1/a.aspx

This external Laptop Battery provides 7 hours of power -- works with all models.

KisMapping

Finally got the mapping feature working today. I "war-stumbled" around Greenwich Village and created a trace of my path. The trick is that you have to set the waypoints by choosing "set waypoint" from the map menu, then clicking your location on the map, and entering your GPS coordinates in the window that pops up. You only need two waypoints, but it can't hurt to have 3 -- your start position, waypoint 1, and waypoint 2. From there you will be able to automatically be able to trace your path as you travel.

Here is the map I created (green is open, red is password protected):

And here is a trace of my path with the area of the networks:

Here is an updated version of the map, zoomed in (Oct. 24)

--Josh

Building Bikes at MIT

Found this site from a class taught at MIT on building homemade bikes!
http://web.media.mit.edu/~ewilhelm/projects/cyclomerisation/index.html

They used modular aluminium pieces ordered from here:
http://www.8020.net/

Might be worth looking into in terms of Bike modifications. Also, could be worth contacting the guys from MIT and getting their feedback.

--Josh

Patch Antenna

http://www.geocities.com/lincomatic/wifipatchantenna.html

The "Patch Antenna" -- a very easy, do-it-yourself antenna design. Might be easier to use with the bike rather than the pringles can design. Not sure how the two compare in range or signal strength, but it might be worth checking out...or just trying different bikes with different equipment.

--Josh

Bike Writer

http://architecture.mit.edu/~atmarcus/bikewriter/writer.html

A printing press on a bicycle!
Might be better if it was more like the Graffiti Writer: http://www.appliedautonomy.com/gw.html

for next class

hello class,

please look at http://www.magicbike.net/criticalmass2/index.html

Bryant, Angela, and I rode in critical mass with webcams. it was amazing for a number reasons and was technologically one of the first times that's been done. Adventure computing meets bike protests. On wireless bikes we are living in the future.

So, in the next class we will do more time-travel and ride 2 wireless bikes again. and as weather permits 2 students can wi-bike from now on in class. others will work on other assignments related to the online life of these bikes,i.e., web design for wireless bikes. please bring your bikes to class if you can. by midterm, every willing student should have built and ridden a wi-bike.

This thursday 2 of you can take a webcam bike trip along the west side waterfront. The rest of us will watch you from eyebeam, riding the bikes. How fun is that?

please consider these classes workshops.
Also in class a few students we'll redesign/update the magicbike.net site. thru out class we will also all be doing web design for wireless bikes.

DO THE READING, we've read chap 1,3,4 already and reading chapter 5 for thursday's class. please read so you understand what is going on in class.

btw, there might be a french journalist attending the class to shoot video, so he might ask you questions at the end. you might be on french tv so wear something fashionable. : )

Astronauts

please look at http://www.magicbike.net/criticalmass2/index.html

Li-Ching's work

1. BootCamp's final project
http://a.parsons.edu/%7Eliching/bootcamp/final/index.html

2. BootCamp's final code game
http://a.parsons.edu/%7Eliching/bootcamp/final/code0819.swf

3. My personal portfolio
http://home.kimo.com.tw/liching_hung/

my works

http://a.parsons.edu/~yhuang/bootcamp/code/fight.swf

http://a.parsons.edu/~yhuang/bootcamp/crazyFood/index.html

http://a.parsons.edu/~yhuang/2003/index.html

http://home.pchome.com.tw/personal/ukenhuang/