Hi Mitar,<br><br>Google said they would sponsor GSOC students and maybe also mentors. So, as these guys are not students yet, it seems difficult. Well, in fact it seems they are a company. I dont know. Secondly, Carol stated somewhere that Google would support up to 500 USD, which obviously would not be enough to fly the guys over from India.<br>
<br>Ciao,<br><br>Mario<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Mitar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mitar@tnode.com">mitar@tnode.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi!<br>
<br>
Has anybody responded to that? It seems really a great idea.<br>
<br>
Mario, we were talking once that Google could provide some financial<br>
support for traveling before the GSoC. As on this battlemesh we will<br>
also have some GSoC topics and it would be very interesting to have<br>
those guys aboard, would it be possible to arrange something for them?<br>
<br>
<br>
Mitar<br>
<br>
> Hi everyone<br>
><br>
> A couple of us (jatin golani (jeetu), erle pereira) have been working<br>
> on an open source (gpl) mesh networking based application that allows<br>
> software and computing to be shared from devices around you and we<br>
> could truly use your help/feedback/attention.<br>
><br>
> Ideally we would love to come to spain for battlemesh, but<br>
> unfortunately, finances do not permit either of us to travel right<br>
> now. (we would be coming from India, Australia respectively)<br>
><br>
> To explain the idea a little. eBrainPool (<a href="http://www.ebrain.in" target="_blank">www.ebrain.in</a>) uses mesh<br>
> networking to pool in the software and computing resources of all<br>
> devices around you. It enables the user to discover and run software<br>
> from someone in the resource pool and simply use it on your own netbook, phone<br>
> or any other device.<br>
> This means that she doesn't need the software installed on her device<br>
> to use it - simply seek others with the software and use it on your<br>
> device while it runs direct on their computer. The broad goals of<br>
> eBrainPool are to provide software, computing and operating<br>
> environment as a shared resource.<br>
><br>
> Right now the code utilizes OLSR (thank you everyone at olsrd<br>
> [<a href="http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif" target="_blank">http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif</a>]<br>
> ) as<br>
> the mesh daemon, but amongst other things we're looking to introduce a<br>
> plugin concept to allow other mesh protocols to be used as well.<br>
><br>
> We already have concept code working, released as a developer preview<br>
> (GPL) and are working towards an updated release. The videos and<br>
> screenshots up on our site show this working and where we're currently<br>
> at.<br>
><br>
> Honestly we are new to the mesh networking concept and people here<br>
> probably know a lot more about this than we do<br>
> [<a href="http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif" target="_blank">http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif</a>]<br>
> We would like to<br>
> test this out in a real world scenario and battlemesh seems the<br>
> perfect place to try this out. We're looking forward to the idea and code<br>
> being ripped apart yielding some good inputs from you all<br>
> [<a href="http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif" target="_blank">http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif</a>]<br>
><br>
> we would truly appreciate any help with regards:<br>
><br>
> 1) Would anyone (please) present this idea there on our behalf? ( will<br>
> provide whatever help, inputs, paper, presentation etc..We consider<br>
> even pulling aside your buds and speaking about it as presenting<br>
> [<a href="http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif" target="_blank">http://erlepereira.com/ox6/v=MkGXLso/themes/light_breeze/img/smilies/smile.gif</a>]<br>
> )<br>
><br>
> 2) ideally also, some people attending might be interested in trying this out<br>
> and giving us more feedback. Willing to provide any and whatever help<br>
> here too. Its still new and buggy code.<br>
><br>
> 3) anything else really, which really includes telling us what is not quite<br>
> right, or the wrong way of doing things.<br>
><br>
> Until now its really been an idea that started with winning the<br>
> developer category award at UVAC 2006 and we have been playing it with since<br>
> then.<br>
> This has resulted in a proof of concept code. We're looking to build forward<br>
> with like minded people, and this just seems the perfect place.<br>
><br>
> Would be awesome to meet you guys and wish we could come, but finances<br>
> just do not permit it at the current time. Would sincerely appreciate<br>
> any help you can provide. Please hit the site and ping us for any more<br>
> info. we can provide.<br>
><br>
><br>
> thanks for your time<br>
><br>
><br>
> Erle Pereira<br>
> <a href="http://www.ebrain.in" target="_blank">www.ebrain.in</a> | Introducing "Beehive" computing<br>
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