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Contiki Turns Ten

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-the-internet-of-ding-a-lings dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The first release of Contiki, the open source operating system, was announced ten years ago today on Slashdot. From its inception, Contiki has been all about connecting 'unexpected things' to the Internet, including things like Lego bricks and Apple II computers. Today, Contiki is still going strong and is now being used in the Internet of Things, where it is connecting things like thermostats to smartphone apps throughout Europe."

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  1. This will be the year!!! by thomasdz · · Score: 5, Funny

    2013 will be known as the Year of the Contiki Desktop! mark my words.

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    1. Re:This will be the year!!! by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 4, Insightful

      More like "the year of the Contiki refrigerator".

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  2. Re:Question: can it handle IPv6 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Contiki provides powerful low-power Internet communication. Contiki supports fully standard IPv6 and IPv4, along with the recent low-power wireless standards: 6lowpan, RPL, CoAP. With Contiki's ContikiMAC and sleepy routers, even wireless routers can be battery-operated."

    http://contiki-os.org/#about

  3. Interview with Contiki's creator, Adam Dunkels by angry+tapir · · Score: 4, Informative

    Shameless plug: I had a pretty extensive chat late last year with the guy who Contiki. You can read it here.