Archive for the ‘MediaSandbox’ Category

Anyone for a Gumstix?

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Our new bit of lovely Bluetooth equipment arrived today, a Gumstix “Proximity Marketing device”!

Bluetooth is here!

This box will be able to push out files over Bluetooth to enabled devices and comes with a mini antenna and some fun Bubble-wrap! (more…)

Happy Monday!

Monday, February 25th, 2008

The Happy Packages site is now live! It’s up and beautiful at, http://www.happypackages.com

It has details of all the projects Mobile Pie and Thought Den are exploring with the MediaSandbox research project and will be the public facing site for the projects.

Happy Packages site (more…)

Mobile SPAM Pirates

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Is the new term given to people who send unsolicited files in a Bluetooth zone posing as the people visually transmitting.

Field Research, part 3, Distance

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Today we checked the distance we can deliver our content from when broadcasting from a raised position in the office.

Happy Packages Long Distance (more…)

Our pervasive acorn, will big things grow?

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

We’re not trying to bite the digital hand that feeds us, however a few questions are being raised as to whether the time is right to start producing pervasive applications for the real world?

Is handset technology at a ripe state to start picking at the branches of Bluetooth, Wifi and GPS? For example, (more…)