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December 18, 2006
Collaborative Distance Education Pilot Activity enabled by HPWREN
at the Cabrillo National Monument
A distance learning pilot at the National Park Service Cabrillo
National Monument site at Point Loma near San Diego utilized a
real-time interactive audio/video conference from the tidepools to
classroom settings. In addition a submersible ROV with on-board
camera and a further fixed digital network camera were used.
December 11, 2006
New Booklet Summarizes HPWREN Activities
With a great deal of help from HPWREN collaborators, a 2006 booklet
which summarizes HPWREN activities was finished.
November 30, 2006
Public Safety Agencies Begin Work on an HPWREN-like System
for Southern California
For more than five years, the HPWREN team has been working with
first responders in the San Diego area to better understand how
high-speed wireless data networking can assist with public safety
aspects in hard-to-reach areas for both persistent and ad-hoc
connections. Now multiple agencies formed a formal consortium to
capitalize on the research findings of HPWREN's work in the public
safety arena and build a high-performance data network.
November 4, 2006
2006 HPWREN Annual Users Workshop presentation slides
This year's HPWREN Annual Users Workshop was held on November 3 at
the Ramona Air Attack Base of the California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection in the hangar of the OV10.
October 19, 2006
Cleaning of the 200 inch telescope mirror at the HPWREN-connected
Palomar Observatory
Telescopes at Palomar get a lot of use. It is a fact of life that
their mirrors get dirty. The 200-inch mirror of Caltech's Palomar
Observatory is no exception.
October 12, 2006
New Window of Universe Opens at Griffith; Unprecedented Image from
Palomar
Caltech scientists have produced the largest astronomical image
ever in order to inspire the public with the wonders of space
exploration. The image has been reproduced as a giant mural in the
new exhibit hall of the landmark Griffith Observatory, which will
reopen Nov. 3 after several years of renovation. The image data was
transferred from the Palomar Observatory via HPWREN.
October 10, 2006
Prototype Fiber Optic Seismometer
Modern seismometers throughout the world, including those on HPWREN,
rely on electronic displacement transducers to sense motions of an
inertial mass, whenever the earth's surface moves. New advances in
optical fiber technology are providing an alternative to this type
of modern observatory grade seismometer.
October 9, 2006
New Optical Fiber Infrasound Sensor deployment at Camp Elliot
Optical Fiber Infrasound Sensors (OFIS) are long compliant tubes
wrapped with two optical fibers that interferometrically measure
atmospheric pressure along the length of the tube. The UCSD OFIS
team is building a multi-arm OFIS array at the Camp Elliot field
station.
September 18, 2006
Jupiter-Sized Transiting Planet Found by Astronomers Using Novel
Telescope Network
An international team of astronomers has detected a planet slightly
larger than Jupiter that orbits a star 500 light-years from Earth
in the constellation Draco.
August 25, 2006
HPWREN Collaborates with NOAA's National Weather Service in
Obtaining Valuable Real-time Data
For some time the National Weather Service (NWS), part of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has used
HPWREN real-time camera network and meteorological stations to be
more aware of the current weather conditions.
August 11, 2006
Caltech issues a Palomar Observatory Press Release about the HPWREN
Collaboration
A California Institute of Technology press release about the ongoing
partnership with HPWREN can be found at
http://pr.caltech.edu/media/Press_Releases/PR12884.html
August 10, 2006
HPWREN connects new San Clemente Southern California Coastal Ocean
Observing System (SCCOOS) Surface Current Mapping System
In June 2006, the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
(SCCOOS) added a new station on San Clemente Island (SCI). This was
facilitated by an upgraded link to SCI, and a wireless extension
on the island to this new station.
August 4, 2006
HPWREN Team Participates in Ramona Air Show
During the June 24-25 annual Ramona Air Show, HPWREN participated
via a public display at the Ramona Air Attack Base of the California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
July 25, 2006
HPWREN provides network connectivity and VoIP to Horse Fire
Incident Command Post
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection contacted
HPWREN on late Sunday afternoon of July 23rd to set up communications
for a high-speed wireless data at the Incident Command Post in
support of firefighting operations during the Horse Fire in San
Diego County.
July 20, 2006
Summary of Various Recent HPWREN Routing and Topology Updates
Several changes have recently been made toward HPWREN improvements
and increased connectivity.
July 12, 2006
HPWREN and the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve collaborate on a
new generation of field-deployable high resolution network cameras
Remote environmental observations by means of network-deployed sensors
has become an important component of the HPWREN activities over the years.
This includes network cameras.
May 22, 2006
Multi-agency collaboration prepares for Voice-over-IP phones at
Firefighter Incident Command Posts
As part of this year's San Diego County Wildland Fire Drill, a
collaboration between the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and HPWREN
allowed for a demonstration of Voice-over-IP services that can be
used at future Incident Command Posts.
May 10, 2006
HPWREN Enables SDSU Research Team to Conduct Bioacoustics Studies
at California Wolf Center
For the past year San Diego State University researchers Marie Roch
and Deborah Curless have been gathering and analyzing data in
collaboration with the California Wolf Center - thanks to bioacoustic
sensors connected via HPWREN.
May 9, 2006
Distance Education Experiments at the California Wolf Center via
HPWREN
As part of the California Wolf Center's education mission, multiple
experiments in support of distance education were undertaken, with
an objective to evaluate the results and usability of the technology
that had been used.
April 18, 2006
HPWREN Enables Real time Monitoring of Coastal-Interior
Microclimates
Using HPWREN and the San Diego State University Biological Field
Station Programs' Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER)
"Intra-SMER" wireless network, real time weather data is being
collected from an array of weather stations that cover several
different microclimates in SMER.
April 6, 2006
SDSU Field Station Programs Utilize HPWREN for data communications
at their Fallbrook Art of the Flower Festival exhibit
The SDSU Wildfire Alert Education Team participated in Fallbrook's Art
of the Flower Festival on April 2. HPWREN provided Internet
connectivity to the SDSU Field Station Programs' booth via an ad-hoc
wireless network created using 2.4GHz Ethernet radios.
March 27, 2006
Blackbeard's successor: Bud Hale
After a long run with the High Performance Wireless Research and
Education Network, we're passing one of our Senior High Performers
on to new adventures. At about 72 years of age, Bud Hale has decided
to take a position with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
working on systems support on the ocean going research vessels that
sail out of Point Loma.
March 10, 2006
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)
utilizes HPWREN for long haul data communication links
The Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)
aims to synthesize observations into products that will provide a
scientific basis for improving evaluation, management and guardianship
of the ocean environment and its resources. Present SCCOOS locations
at Point Loma and Coronado Islands are utilizing the HPWREN network
to UCSD in order to transmit surface current measurements.
January 11, 2006
SDSU's Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve backbone receives
substantial facelift
The SMER data communications backbone was recently upgraded to
high-performance 5.8GHz radios in support of the about 4500 acre
ecological reserve.
January 10, 2006
CDF Puerta La Cruz connects to HPWREN for Camp and ICP support
A new HPWREN connection was completed in December 2005 to provide
high speed data connectivity in support of firefighting activities
of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)
at the Puerta La Cruz CDF camp in the northeastern part of San Diego
County.
January 9, 2006
Deep Canyon Desert Research Center establishes networked cameras
and a Mobile Observation Unit
The Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, part of the University of
California Natural Reserve System activities, has added network
cameras at Agave Hill and a waterhole for remote observations, as well
as a Mobile Observation Unit.
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