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Hi Stuart! I'm an engineer at Suitable Technologies (makers of the Beam). Sorry to see the Beam didn't make it into the video, but it was really inspiring to se

Hi Stuart! I'm an engineer at Suitable Technologies (makers of the Beam). Sorry to see the Beam didn't make it into the video, but it was really inspiring to see this talk. Thanks!

escapologybb 12y ago
Hi! I've been using the Beam all over the world, it's amazing and I just wish I had one of my own. :-) (Probably need a ground crew and private plane as well!)
escapologybb 12y ago
The beam was actually in the talk, but would you believe about five minutes before the talk there was a local problem with the Wi-Fi. Totally not on Suitable Technologies by the way.
- tlb 12y ago
  To properly support people videoing in, conferences will need to provided dedicated WiFi on a separate channel. Current conference WiFi is reliable enough for checking email during a boring talk, but not for remote attendees. It's hard to get conference venues to care. It might require an interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (in the US) to insist that reliable WiFi to support remote video attendees is as important as reliable elevators.
  - escapologybb 12y ago
    I agree with what you're saying in general. In this specific case, the venue WiFi was not the issue. It was human error on the day, but not something we need to rake over here. However, is a really interesting point about the reliable Wi-Fi in public spaces. If telepresence is going to be used as a viable way for quadriplegics like me to visit these public spaces, then we're going to need decent and dedicated Wi-Fi. Which in 2014 is both fairly easy to do, and not that expensive. But you're right, I do fear that it may need some Interpretation of legislation to make this work. In the UK we have to Disability Discrimination Act [0] which I think of is the same things as the ADA in the US. [0]:http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/the-disability-discrimination-act-dda http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/the-disability-discrimination-act...
    - lyricalpolymath 12y ago
      Totally agree on the need of dedicated connections... for many reasons ;) however often a problem with conferences and large gatherings is that even if there are separate Wifis and on different channels the (constructive/destructive) interference is still bad enough that the connection slows down anyways. I know there are solutions out there, it's a matter of cost and time before they become widely available. (I'm hoping it will happen tomorrow ;))
      - andrewnez 12y ago
        The drone was actually running on the same wifi as the beam and had no issues btw (I setup the drone at the event)
        escapologybb 12y ago
        Forgot to mention that, the drone works like a dream!

Hi Stuart! I'm an engineer at Suitable Technologies (makers of the Beam). Sorry to see the Beam didn't make it into the video, but it was really inspiring to see this talk. Thanks!

escapologybb 12y ago

Hi! I've been using the Beam all over the world, it's amazing and I just wish I had one of my own. :-) (Probably need a ground crew and private plane as well!)

escapologybb 12y ago

The beam was actually in the talk, but would you believe about five minutes before the talk there was a local problem with the Wi-Fi. Totally not on Suitable Technologies by the way.

tlb 12y ago
To properly support people videoing in, conferences will need to provided dedicated WiFi on a separate channel. Current conference WiFi is reliable enough for checking email during a boring talk, but not for remote attendees. It's hard to get conference venues to care. It might require an interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (in the US) to insist that reliable WiFi to support remote video attendees is as important as reliable elevators.
- escapologybb 12y ago
  I agree with what you're saying in general. In this specific case, the venue WiFi was not the issue. It was human error on the day, but not something we need to rake over here. However, is a really interesting point about the reliable Wi-Fi in public spaces. If telepresence is going to be used as a viable way for quadriplegics like me to visit these public spaces, then we're going to need decent and dedicated Wi-Fi. Which in 2014 is both fairly easy to do, and not that expensive. But you're right, I do fear that it may need some Interpretation of legislation to make this work. In the UK we have to Disability Discrimination Act [0] which I think of is the same things as the ADA in the US. [0]:http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/the-disability-discrimination-act-dda http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/the-disability-discrimination-act...
  - lyricalpolymath 12y ago
    Totally agree on the need of dedicated connections... for many reasons ;) however often a problem with conferences and large gatherings is that even if there are separate Wifis and on different channels the (constructive/destructive) interference is still bad enough that the connection slows down anyways. I know there are solutions out there, it's a matter of cost and time before they become widely available. (I'm hoping it will happen tomorrow ;))
    - andrewnez 12y ago
      The drone was actually running on the same wifi as the beam and had no issues btw (I setup the drone at the event)
      - escapologybb 12y ago
        Forgot to mention that, the drone works like a dream!