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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Oggetto:
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            <td>[IS4CWN] KORUZA for organic growth of wireless optical
              networks</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Data: </th>
            <td>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:42:32 +0200</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Mittente:
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            <td>Musti <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:musti@wlan-si.net"><musti@wlan-si.net></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Rispondi-a:
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            <td>International Summit for Community Wireless Networks
              Participant E-mail List
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cwn-summit@lists.chambana.net"><cwn-summit@lists.chambana.net></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">A: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cwn-summit@lists.chambana.net">cwn-summit@lists.chambana.net</a></td>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid64"><span class="">Dear all,</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid65"><br>
      </div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid354"><span class="">as some of
          you may recall, I have announced the development of a 1Gbps
          wireless optical system suitable for community networks in
          Barcelona. Now almost a year later I am very excited to share
          the progress with you, as well as to seek your help</span><span
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          in finding suitable development and travel grants and
          obtaining recomendation/introduction letters for them.</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid67"><br>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid68"><span class="">KORUZA is
          an innovative open-source open-hardware wireless communication
          system, employing a new low-cost approach to designing
          free-space optical network systems, enabling
          building-to-building connectivity with a highly collimated
          light beam at a capacity of 1 Gbps (1000 Mbps) at distances up
          to 100 m. It is designed to be suitable for home as well as
          professional users, enabling organic bottom-up growth of
          networks by eliminating the need for wired fiber connections
          and associated high installation costs. The simplicity of use,
          low-cost and compact size allow the system to be deployed in
          any network.</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid69"><br>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid70"><span class="">Feel free
          to see a more detailed description of the project with nice
          diagrams at:</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid71"><span class=" url"><a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://koruza.net">http://koruza.net</a></span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid72"><br>
      </div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid73"><span class="">As well as
          some details about the current state of the prototype system:</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid463"><span class=" url"><a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://koruza.net/Prototype">http://koruza.net/</a></span><span
          class="author-a-z84zz80z95z82zz90zz70zz81zz88z1qbz73zgcz81z
          url"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://koruza.net/Prototype">P</a></span><span class="
          url"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://koruza.net/Prototype">rototype</a></span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid75"><br>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid76"><span class="">I have
          written a scientific paper on the topic: Reintroducing
          Free-Space Optical Technology to Community Wireless Networks,
          which is available on (unfortunately behind a paywall): </span><span
          class=" url"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/ISUsage/RoundTablePresentations/3/">http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/ISUsage/RoundTablePresentations/3/</a></span><span
          class=""> </span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid77"><br>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid78"><span class="">The paper
          will hopefully be presented to wider audience on AMCIS2013
          conference in Chicago this August, but am at the moment
          lacking sufficient travel funding to attending it. You are
          most kindly invited to forward the project to any organisation
          that would be able to support me.</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid79"><br>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid461"><span class="">KORUZA is
          under active development, but at the moment with my personal
          resources in Slovenia. The next months are going to be
          dedicated to evolve the prototype into a product suitable for
          the everyone to use and I am looking forward to presenting it
          in Berlin in October, hopefully along with a crowd-funding
          campaign for the first series. A lot of work, time and
          resources are required for the project to grow up sufficiently
          to support itself. I am appealing to </span><span
          class="author-a-z84zz80z95z82zz90zz70zz81zz88z1qbz73zgcz81z">you
        </span><span class="">for help in obtaining a grant</span><span
          class="author-a-z84zz80z95z82zz90zz70zz81zz88z1qbz73zgcz81z">,
          by puting me in touch with suitable organisations or
          individuals,</span><span class=""> that will enable the
          project to continue and meet the above described goals.</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid81"><br>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid82"><span class="">I am
          looking forward to meeting you all in Berlin again.</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid83"><br>
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      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid84"><span class="">Kind
          regards,</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid85"><span class="">Luka
          Mustafa - Musti</span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid85"><span class=""><a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:musti@wlan-si.net">musti@wlan-si.net</a></span></div>
      <div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid86"><span class="">wlan
          slovenija</span></div>
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