Re: [oc] Re: Need a little direction

[Jamil Khatib <jamilkhatib75@yahoo.com>]

I still see your system as bluetooth device (or GPRS)
with some custom software protocol.

The device seems to be as PDA, so why do not you build
such PDA and add your custom software?

Anyhow, I am interested to work in this feild if you
need any help.


Regards,
Jamil Khatib

> Well the LDISH is the hardware platform which would
> work in "not all the
> time connected" paradigm. whenever the information
> need to be updated, it
> could be done from one master station. soon when
> GPRS
> or other long range wireless technologies are
> affordable/stable, We would
> have the LDISH platform with a GPRS/or similar
> capability to talk to service
> providers who can log into, very much like dial-up
> and synchronize their
> information if need. also if it is a small shop
> owners, like pubs,
> restaurants, their master stations can do the job.
> So the LDISH would act as
> a access point though not connected to its master
> station all the time.
> There are numerous scenario, which does not require
> these distributed LDISH
> neurons to be all the time connected. like schedules
> for local trains,
> exibitions at art galleries etc.  Also in the bus
> kind of scenario, when the
> bus comes at the bus stop, it can exchange
> information with  similar device
> at the bus stop, so it is like small bits of
> information being passed
> around, very much like distributed neural
> architecture in human brain.
> 
> >
> > I am currently working on bluetooth core (you can
> > check it in opencores site) and I think we can
> expand
> > it to a full bluetooth module.
> >
> 
> I think that would be very helpful to have a
> compliant hardware bluetooth
> core, which is available to the community and would
> also help bring the
> prices and therefore entry barriers lower. any
> contribution by open source
> community to help drive these prices cheaper on the
> hardware front would
> help services reach the masses faster. remember
> there is a huge open source
> community righting software (because that is what
> they can do easily), but
> when it come to hardware, i would say the story gets
> a lot changed. The guys
> and gurus at the hardware (which i believe are a lot
> less in number coding
> software) are the key.
> 
> > Anyhow, if I am wrong let me know what is the
> > difference between BT concept and LDISH besides
> the
> > software part
> 
> As i stated, the hardware can be genralized, and BT
> represent one of the
> wireless short range option. which the
> that most mobile manufacturers and PDA manufacturers
> would integarte them
> into there product, because of the reasons i feel
> like,
> 1. Mobile phone manufacturers have spent
> considerable money on this and this
> is the only option at the
> moment which is cheap enough both in terms of $$$
> and power.
> 2. Also right now there aint any great features they
> are providing which
> would justify transition to new phones or PDA's and
> this looks like the
> cheapest wireless option they can put.
> 
> So there would be quite many mobile terminals being
> able to work with BT,
> and hence LDISH would have BT
> support for the first version.
> 
> You are right, if you see at hardware concept level
> you wont be able to see
> the difference between LDISH and BT, but as i said
> the application services
> would give personalitites to LDISH, so the software
> distribution
> architecture would distribute these personality
> services to different LDISH
> to provide different kind of local services, like at
> bus stop, the service
> could be download bus route and check what bus would
> take you to your route,
> while the one at Post Office would let you take a
> service number, one in a
> pub would give you beer offers the basic hardware is
> the same, but the
> software services would be giving personalities.
> 



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