At IPSN 2010 in April 2010, we presented a demo that show that sensor data from a Contiki sensor network can be displayed on an Android phone using a technique known as augmented reality (two-page PDF demo abstract here). We just made a brief YouTube video that shows the demo. It should be viewable right on this site, or via this YouTube link. Read on for details of the demo.
This morning, the book Interconnecting Smart Objects with IP: The Next Internet, authored by JP Vasseur and I, went from being "Available for preorder" to being "In stock" at Amazon.com! This book is the first comprehensive book on the subject of IP-based smart objects/sensor networks/Internet of things and covers the background and architecture (e.g. ubiquitous computing and sensor networks, IPv6 vs IPv4, IP vs non-IP), hardware and software (e.g. Contiki, uIP), protocols and mechanisms (e.g. RPL routing, 6lowpan header compression, web services), as well as applications (e.g. smart grid, industrial automation, smart cities).
A few weeks ago, I gave a talk on IP-based sensor networks and the Internet of Things at the SUNET gathering in Växjö, Sweden. The talk was recorded on video and is now available online.
Written by Nicolas Tsiftes,
Wednesday, 05 May 2010
The Contiki team is happy to announce that ContikiRPL has been made public! ContikiRPL is an open-source implementation of RPL - the proposed standard routing protocol for IPv6 in low-power and lossy networks. Read on for details on how to get ContikiRPL up and running.
Written by Adam Dunkels,
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The Contiki team is proud to announce the release of version 2.4 of the Contiki operating system! Contiki 2.4 brings a number of new improvements over previous versions, several bugfixes, and an overall improved stability of the system. The low-power wireless MAC protocols have gotten an overhaul, improving power-efficiency and improved collision and interference handling. The COOJA/MSPsim simulation environment has received a significant speedup. Two new experimental platforms are included: the Crossbow MicaZ and the Sensinode CC2430/8051 platform. Many improvements and bugfixes has been made to the uIP code as well as the SICSlowpan implementaion of 6lowpan IPv6-over-802.15.4. See the changelog for full details and go to the download section to download the 2.4 release!
Written by Adam Dunkels,
Tuesday, 09 February 2010
Two upcoming conferences on wireless sensor network research, which should be of interest to many working on Contiki-related projects: the 6th ACM workshop on hot topics on embedded networked sensors (HotEmNets 2010) and the 8th ACM conference on embedded networked sensor systems (SenSys 2010). HotEmNets is a high-caliber workshop for discussing the future of sensor networks research, in light of novel research results. Those interested in participating should submit a five-page paper before February 22 - deadline extended to 1 March 2010 - see the website for information on what to submit. SenSys is a top-tier, highly selective conference for presenting research results on sensor networks. Papers should be submitted by April 8.
A lot of people are using Contiki, developing software for Contiki, testing new protocols or mechanisms with Contiki, porting Contiki to new platforms, and extending Contiki with new functionality. To allow such Contiki-based projects to be accessible to all Contiki users, we have set up a new SourceForge project for new Contiki-based open source projects, dubbed the Contiki projects community
