Comments on: “Green Giant” the i-cluster? http://www.saiweb.co.uk/hacking/green-giant-the-i-cluster Ramblings of a Sys admin Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:11:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Buzz http://www.saiweb.co.uk/hacking/green-giant-the-i-cluster/comment-page-1#comment-127 Buzz Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:08:49 +0000 http://www.saiweb.co.uk/hacking/green-giant-the-i-cluster#comment-127 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 ;-) 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 ;-)

]]> By: Kurt http://www.saiweb.co.uk/hacking/green-giant-the-i-cluster/comment-page-1#comment-126 Kurt Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.saiweb.co.uk/hacking/green-giant-the-i-cluster#comment-126 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. HOPES AND DREAMS START HERE 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.... 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.

HOPES AND DREAMS START HERE
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….

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