<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Mitar,<br><br></div>Thanks for forwarding this on -- it is great to hear that Luka is progressing with his work.<br><br>Paul.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Mitar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mitar@tnode.com" target="_blank">mitar@tnode.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi!<br>
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Forwarding.<br>
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Mitar<br>
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From: Musti <<a href="mailto:musti@wlan-si.net">musti@wlan-si.net</a>><br>
Subject: [IS4CWN] KORUZA for organic growth of wireless optical networks<br>
To: <a href="mailto:cwn-summit@lists.chambana.net">cwn-summit@lists.chambana.net</a><br>
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Dear all,<br>
<br>
as some of you may recall, I have announced the development of a 1Gbps<br>
wireless optical system suitable for community networks in Barcelona.<br>
Now almost a year later I am very excited to share the progress with<br>
you, as well as to seek your help in finding suitable development and<br>
travel grants and obtaining recomendation/introduction letters for them.<br>
<br>
KORUZA is an innovative open-source open-hardware wireless communication<br>
system, employing a new low-cost approach to designing free-space<br>
optical network systems, enabling building-to-building connectivity with<br>
a highly collimated light beam at a capacity of 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps) at<br>
distances up to 100 m. It is designed to be suitable for home as well as<br>
professional users, enabling organic bottom-up growth of networks by<br>
eliminating the need for wired fiber connections and associated high<br>
installation costs. The simplicity of use, low-cost and compact size<br>
allow the system to be deployed in any network.<br>
<br>
Feel free to see a more detailed description of the project with nice<br>
diagrams at:<br>
<a href="http://koruza.net" target="_blank">http://koruza.net</a><br>
<br>
As well as some details about the current state of the prototype system:<br>
<a href="http://koruza.net/Prototype" target="_blank">http://koruza.net/Prototype</a><br>
<br>
I have written a scientific paper on the topic: Reintroducing Free-Space<br>
Optical Technology to Community Wireless Networks, which is available on<br>
(unfortunately behind a paywall):<br>
<a href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/ISUsage/RoundTablePresentations/3/" target="_blank">http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/ISUsage/RoundTablePresentations/3/</a><br>
<br>
The paper will hopefully be presented to wider audience on AMCIS2013<br>
conference in Chicago this August, but am at the moment lacking<br>
sufficient travel funding to attending it. You are most kindly invited<br>
to forward the project to any organisation that would be able to support me.<br>
<br>
KORUZA is under active development, but at the moment with my personal<br>
resources in Slovenia. The next months are going to be dedicated to<br>
evolve the prototype into a product suitable for the everyone to use and<br>
I am looking forward to presenting it in Berlin in October, hopefully<br>
along with a crowd-funding campaign for the first series. A lot of work,<br>
time and resources are required for the project to grow up sufficiently<br>
to support itself. I am appealing to you for help in obtaining a grant,<br>
by puting me in touch with suitable organisations or individuals, that<br>
will enable the project to continue and meet the above described goals.<br>
<br>
I am looking forward to meeting you all in Berlin again.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Luka Mustafa - Musti<br>
<a href="mailto:musti@wlan-si.net">musti@wlan-si.net</a><br>
wlan slovenija<br>
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