Tweet marks successful white space trial

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="90" src="http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/8936/tvaerial200200.jpg" width="120" /></p><br/>Trials to use the "white space" frequencies to carry data have been successful in the UK, with Cambridge Consultants confirming that it has sent a tweet in the unused spectrum between TV channels.<br/><br/>The White Space frequency is seen as an area of the spectrum that can be tapped into to help in the struggle to provide rural areas with broadband coverage.<br/><br/>The trial was carried out in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, and as well as showing that social media tools could run, also underlined that this kind of technology can be used without causing interference on television channels.<br/><br/><strong>Pioneering</strong><br/><br/>Richard Traherne, head of wireless at Cambridge Consultants, commented: "We believe that White Space, as a pioneering cognitive radio wireless technology, has the potential to change the way that people communicate, especially in rural areas.<br/><br/>"It has a wide range of applications, from healthcare to home working, and we expect to see these and other exciting applications emerge in the near future."<br/><br/>Apparently the village of Cottenham was picked because of a 'lack of wireless provision and availability of spectrum'.<br/><br/>"The network was tested using a range of social media tools, marking the first time White Space spectrum has been used in this way," added Cambridge Consultants' release.

Tweet marks successful white space trial

Trials to use the "white space" frequencies to carry data have been successful in the UK, with Cambridge Consultants confirming th...

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Darwin's library goes digital, annotations and all

Charles Darwin's personal library is being digitised and put online by Cambridge University.<br/><br/>The digitisation includes all of Darwin's own annotations and notes in the margins, with 330 of the most heavily annotated books already posted online for universal access.<br/><br/>Aside from making the works available to everyone everywhere, what's really impressive about the online library is that you can actually search for a keyword within Darwin's annotations, rather than trawl through hundreds of thousands of pages for his relevant thoughts.<br/><br/><strong>Digital Darwinism<br/></strong><br/><br/>Quite the bibliophile, Darwin had over 1480 books in his personal library, of which 730 have comprehensive notes scribbled in the margins; all of these annotated books will eventually end up in the online database.<br/><br/>University librarian Anne Jarvis classes these annotations as important as Darwin's letters and manuscripts: "The Darwin collections are among the most important and popular held within Cambridge University Library.<br/><br/>"While there has been much focus on his manuscripts and correspondence, his library hasn't always received the attention it deserves – for it is as he engaged with the ideas and theories of others that his own thinking evolved."<br/><br/>It's been quite a good week for antiquated books and written works; yesterday the British Library also announced a deal with Google which will see a number of 18 and 19th century works made scanned and added to the Google Books library.<br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/106215389713/u/49/f/9809/c/669/s/160e8b11/a2.htm"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9877/13045304.gif" /></a><img alt="" height="1" src="http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/3167/77769859.gif" width="1" />

Darwin's library goes digital, annotations and all

Charles Darwin's personal library is being digitised and put online by Cambridge University. The digitisation includes all of Darwin...

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