So the 3g iPhone is out, and a _lot_ of 1st gen iPhone people are looking to grab this new phone as a replacement due to the new features, 3g, gps etc …
That leaves a _LOT_ of 1st gen iPhones that potentially are going to end up on your local dump (landfill) …
Further to the “Green Giant” beowulf cluster project, with the 1st gen iPhone having been cracked open for homebrew multiple times (Hackaday search for Iphone), why not try to re-cycle the 1st gen iPhones into this project as cluster nodes?
I am now looking at places like freecycle to see if I can get hold of any 1st gen’s to do development on … time will tell
But one of the features I have planned should I be able to get hold of a 1st gen or two is using the accelerometer to control the nodes online / offline status …
Anyway all concept and dreams unless one appears.
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I was thinking about this too when I found your blog post. What would be probably the most difficult part is getting reliable communication between the nodes via WiFi.
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Giving nodes the ability to join or leave dynamically would be swell, when you’re friends are over with your cluster software installed their phone does calcs and stops when they leave….
That’s a great concept! My idea was simply to use to position of the phone (via the accelerometer) to dictate whether to run as a cluster “node” or not.
In _theory_ you could use a reading of signal strength, but then you have the problem of a node not completing its “work load” before going out of range.
A “social” iCluster would be fantastic! allowing people to join and leave as they please.
I think I may have to dust off Visio and get some concept diagrams up
… allthough more than likely a notepad and biro job 