so what's next? wireless networking with pringles was famous some years back. peter cochrane, ex british telecom (and btw someone i don't really like, but ...) was suggesting to bt, that instead of putting money in digging in the earth for some wires, they should make use of private enthusiasm: local area networks. pringle or pizza boxes in every window, so to say. howard rheingold recently published a book on that matter: 'smart mobs. the next social revolution'.

As he sees it, the crowds who surround us every day constitute a huge waste of social capital. If you live in a city for instance, there are many who pass within a few yards of you each day who could give you a ride home, buy an item you're trying to sell, or consider you as dating material. Dynamic networking makes it possible to tap those resources through a momentary alliance among transient interest groups, "like people working in a given neighborhood, staying overnight in a certain district, or taking the 10:15 flight to Chicago," Kortuem explains.( via roland piquepaille)

btw. 'pringle box workshop' or in other words: 'facilitar el acceso a la tecnología' hoy y este semana en barcelona in connection with the exhibition at la virreina: 'baquete metabolsime i comunicació'. just read: in there also zkm - coproduïda per zkm.

"The Department of Homeland Security sees wireless networking technology as a terrorist threat" (via wired)

david lyon told me that he already received from his insurance company, a terrorism exclusion endorsement (audio/mpeg, 274 KB) ...

The June 2002 formation of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA could be the most important political and organizational development of 2002 for future mobile devices - or it could be a quagmire for the wireless industry." say the people from the shosteck group. in there point of view the winners and the loosers will be: "... Nokia reportedly spends 60% of its $2.7 billion research and development budget on software development. That is $1.62 billion per year, a level of commitment few competitors can make. As such, the development of OMA benefits Nokia, Microsoft, and Qualcomm the most. Although Sony-Ericsson has developed a platform for its upcoming P800 smart phone, it is under threat of losing funding from Ericsson. This would cripple its efforts to broaden and license a market-competitive platform. Motorola's strategy for smart phone software development has been marred by false starts and cutbacks. Others who were already challenged, such as Openwave, will only find their positions worsened. Samsung may benefit significantly by its leveraging of other companies' technologies.

let's see.