Links to on-line resources related to the Solitude project.

Energy Related

General

• Home Power - The Hands-on journal of home-made power.
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association

Wind

• American Wind Energy Association - Organization advocating the development of wind energy as a reliable, environmentally superior energy alternative in the United States and around the world.
• Wind Energy Systems - Site that provides explanation of how wind energy works.
• Home Built Windpower - Page that talks about windmill design.
• South African Wind Energy Association - Organization established to further wind energy use in South Africa.

Solar

• American Solar Energy Society - Organization supporting solar energy solutions
• How solar power works - Perhaps not the best description, but the best one I've found so far.
• Solar Powered Traffic Lights - This page documents a 2 year test of solar powered traffic lights. They set up a regular flashing red traffic light (incandesant lights and line power), one flashing red traffic light that used L.E.D's and line power, and then one flashing red traffic light that used L.E.D's and solar power.
• Solar Power Applications - a page that has several applications for solar power with brief explanations of case studies.

Companies

• AMPAIR - Company that provides alternative energy supplies.
• Flasher Handling Corp. - Makes a solar powered changeable message sign seen on the side of highways.
• Galeforce Wind Turbines - Offers solar traffic lighting in the UK and Ireland.
• Jade Mountain - Provider of all sorts of wind, solar, and other energy products.
• Proven - Company providing Wind, Solar, Hydro and other alternative power equipment.
• PowerPod - Company that makes a "pod" which provides solar power in remote locations.
• RealGoods - Sells all sorts of sustainable products.
• SolarHost - A web hosting company completely powered by the sun.
• Solar Outdoor Lighting Inc. - Makes outdoor lighting powered by solar which can be used in several applications such as street or billboard lighting.
• Siemens - Photovoltaic panel manufacturer
• Windy City Alternative Power Inc. - Company that sells wind and solar power products.
• Zomeworks - Manufacturer of passive solar trackers.

Computer Related

Web Server

• Linux.org - Information about the open source unix operating system.
• Apache.org - An open source web server used on over 50% of the internet's web servers.
• LinuxDevices.com - an embedded Linux portal
• Match Box sized web server - A project to produce the World's smallest web server done by Stanford University's Wearables Lab.
• GoAhead HTTP server - An embedded web server project.
• FREESCO - Linux on a floppy. Suppose to be a router replacement.
• FloppyFW - Linux FireWall on a floppy.
• Linux Router Project - Another Linux Router on a floppy project.
• Coyote Linux - Linux on a floppy based on Linux Router Project.
• All Linux Devices - Another site about linux devices.
• Embedded Planet - a provider of embedded system solutions in the Internet appliance and infrastructure markets.
• Controlled.com - Information about PC/104 devices.

 

Wireless Related

• 802.11 Wireless Ethernet - Explanation of what 802.11 wireless ethernet is.
• Using a Unix computer as a 802.11 base station
• FCC info on wireless
• MacInTouch Wireless Page - a web page with information on products for wireless data transmission.
• MacInTouch Extending Airport Range - A guy fooling around with antennas, successfully drove over 8 miles from his house, and when in a line of sight, could still connect to his network.
• Wireless LANs Work Their Magic - A Network Computing summary of wireless technology and a review of wireless cards and access points. Mentions power consumption of the wireless cards. Also mentions the fact that a couple access points have the ability to be powered by the ethernet cable itself.
• Farallon's Faster SkyLine Does Macs and Windows, Too - Network Computing article on Farrallon's 11 Mbps cards.
• Helical Antenna Construction Directions - Detailed instructions on making an antenna with common parts.
• Wireless Lan Resources for Linux - Resources by the person who wrote the original WaveLan drivers for Linux
• ORiNOCO (formally WaveLAN) - Part of Lucent Technologies. Offer several products for implementing wireless LANs.
• Aironet (now owned by Cisco) - Enterprise, Small Business and Home wireless ethernet products.
  • Antenna Glossary
• BreezeCOM - Manufacturer of Wireless hardware
• Edutek - Sells Aironet (cisco) wireless hardware.
• AbsoluteValue Systems - a company specializing in wireless LAN system product development, especially for embedded applications.
• Low Cost Wireless Network How-to
• Unchaining the Net - Salon article about projects to bring wireless to the people. Talks about the Seattle Wireless project.
• WebGear - Manufacturer of Wireless hardware
• Wired Wireless News
• WaveLan antenna kits - from HyperLink Technologies, Inc.
• Wireless Area Networks
  • Hampshire Wireless - my effort to bring wireless to Hampshire College.
  • Greenville College Wireless - Articles about Greenville, which has a completely wireless campus network.
  • Florida Sate University, College of Law - Aironet propaganda about their wireless network.
  • College of Mount St. Joseph - Wired article about a school that installed a wireless network and raised tuition to purchase wireless laptops for every student.
  • Brigham Young University - News article about their new wireless classrooms being installed.
  • Drexel University - Their explanation of their move to wireless around campus.
    • Drexel U. Will Offer Wireless - Article about Drexel's move to wireless. (light on technical details.)
  • Carnegie Mellon - The first College to offer wireless around campus. Article has several related links at the end.
  • Dartmouth College - Wireless Internet Access comes to Dartmouth
    • Dartmouth Announces Wireless Ethernet Plans - Student Advantage article on Dartmouth's move to wireless.
  • Governor Mifflin School District
  • Biola University
  • Cranberra Wireless Network - A project to create a wireless netwok in the Canberra area of Australia.
  • Adelaide Wireless Network - A project to create a wireless network in the Adelaide area of Australia.
  • Stephens College
  • Airports
    • Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
  • Airplanes
    • SAS, Telia and Tenzing test wireless e-mail and Internet onboard aircraft
  • Seattle Wireless - Not for profit organization using 802.11b for wireless in Seattle.
  • SFLAN - Bringing wireless to San Francisco
  • Consume.net
    • Slashdot article
    • Wall Street Journal Article
  • Radionet and Saunalahti - Finland people bringing wireless networks in. Sites are not in english.
  • AirWave - Company setting up wireless LAN's in San Francisco public shops such as coffee shops.