[AG-TECH] "cyborg" PIG ?

[Ti Leggett]

Theoretically, it could work, but the AG is a little more demanding than
your average point-to-point video conferencing. It's both CPU and
network intensive. People have run the PIG software on laptops with
decent results, but as soon as more than 2 or 3 streams start coming in,
it either bogs down the network or CPU or both. I would see wireless net
as being the bottleneck if it's 802.11b. You might squeak by if you're
running 802.11a. Just my thoughts. Anyone else?

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 17:38, Andrew Daviel wrote:
> Idly curious again, I wondered if anyone has made a "Borg" type PIG
> using something like the Charmed wearable computer, or even a collection
> of hardware on a laptop with a wireless card.
> 
> The idea being to send some hapless guy down the hole with the flashlight 
> while the "experts" sit in comfort in the AG room and offer "advice"  :-)
> 
> Or more probably just show something on AG that is too big to be moved.
> 
> http://www.charmed.com/products/catalog/catalog.php
> 
> (Steven Mann have been doing this for years, going into the grocery store
> while his wife tells him which apples to buy, but I'm not sure what
> software he uses)
-- 
Ti Leggett <leggett at mcs.anl.gov>