[Commotion-discuss] DARPA wants huge Holy Grail of mobile ad hoc networks

[Preston Rhea]

Finally! We've found mesh's "killer app!"

Exercise for this thread: mad-libs that paragraph to show that mesh is
for anyone.

"A MANET of a thousand nodes could support an entire <noun>______ without
the need for manual network setup, management and maintenance that comes
from 'switchboard'-era communications," said <name>____,
<acronym-you-define>_____ Program
Manager. "This could provide more <noun>____ with robust services such as
<adjective>____ <tech noun>_______, <adjective>______ <social
jargony-noun> ______ and other
services that we have not yet imagined."

My take:

"A MANET of a thousand nodes could support an entire festival without
the need for manual network setup, management and maintenance that comes
from 'switchboard'-era communications," said Davey Gravey, SPUN
(Smooth Percussive Universal Network) Program
Manager. "This could provide more music fans with robust services such as
distributed soundboard-processing, disruptive personal brand
advertising and other
services that we have not yet imagined."

On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Dan Staples
<danstaples at opentechinstitute.org> wrote:
> https://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/darpa-wants-huge-holy-grail-mobile-ad-hoc-networks
>
> "A MANET of a thousand nodes could support an entire battalion without
> the need for manual network setup, management and maintenance that comes
> from 'switchboard'-era communications," said Mark Rich, DARPA Program
> Manager. "This could provide more troops with robust services such as
> real-time video imagery, enhanced situational awareness and other
> services that we have not yet imagined."
>
> Yikes...leave it to DARPA to give good technologies a bad rap.
>
> --
> Dan Staples
>
> Open Technology Institute
> https://commotionwireless.net
>
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