<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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 class="author-a-z84zz80z95z82zz90zz70zz81zz88z1qbz73zgcz81z"> in finding suitable development and travel grants and obtaining recomendation/introduction letters for them.</span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid67"><br></div><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></div><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 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 href="http://koruza.net/Prototype">http://koruza.net/</a></span><span class="author-a-z84zz80z95z82zz90zz70zz81zz88z1qbz73zgcz81z url"><a href="http://koruza.net/Prototype">P</a></span><span class=" url"><a href="http://koruza.net/Prototype">rototype</a></span></div><div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid75"><br></div><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 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></div><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></div><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></div><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></div><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 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></body></html>