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Beer and Bluetooth

Posted by michael on from the two-great-tastes-that-taste-great-together dept.

juxter writes "The BBC is reporting on a London bar which has installed a Bluetooth and WiFi access point. Owners of camera phones can wirelessly send their pictures to an overhead screen and web based gallery - The system runs the LocustWorld Linux based MeshAP which has been extended to drive bluetooth devices as well. Hopefully this will encourage more UK premises to deploy free hot spots."

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  1. Re:ok the UK has it, why not BW3 here in the State by generic-man · · Score: 4, Informative

    Many bars are experimenting with it.

    The Foundry Ale Works, a local brewpub, partnered with Telerama to provide wireless access. The access has been free for the last few months as a trial period, but next month they'll start charging. Telerama has wired up a lot of hotspots around Pittsburgh, including several cafes and restaurants.

    The first time I used the Foundry's wireless access, I helped the cute bartender study for an exam. The next time I came by with co-workers, she bought us a round of beers. This wireless thing just might take off after all. :)

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  2. Re:WiFi Image Capture by fo0bar · · Score: 3, Informative
    In a previous story which I cannot find, a piece of software was discussed that you run, and it automatically graps images being transfered via WiFi and creates a real time collage of what people are downloading onto their computers.

    You are thinking of Driftnet. And this is not limited to wireless networks without WEP. Once you have the WEP key (trivial if you work at the origanization, slightly less than trivial if not), you still receive all packets travelling across the network. Much like a hub, which will also work with Driftnet. Certain cable networks allow you to see peers within your local segment too.

    Driftnet by itself is slightly limited display-wise. It does have a basic realtime image viewer, but I've found that plugging it into xscreensaver is much more enjoyable.