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Project DUMBO deploys mobile wireless network on an ad hoc basis for emergency conditions, such as after a natural disaster when a fixed network infrastructure is not available or had been destroyed.
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) consists of mobile nodes that automatically cooperate to support the exchange of information among the nodes through wireless medium. Since the MANET does not rely on fixed telecommunication infrastructure, the MANET is suitable for emergency situations and can be set up within a relatively short amount of time. Using lightweight portable mobile nodes, MANET coverage can stretch out and penetrate deep into areas not easily accessible by roads or into areas where telecommunication infrastructure has been destroyed.
DUMBO allows streaming video, VoIP and short messages to be simultaneously transmitted from a number of mobile laptops to the central command center, or to the other rescuers at the same or different disaster sites. The DUMBO command center has a face recognition module that identifies potential matches between unknown victims’ face photos taken from the field and a collection of known face images stored at the command center. In addition, sensors can be deployed to measure such environmental data as temperature and humidity. Data from the sensors can be sent to the command center who analyzes or passes it on to the other mobile nodes. The command center can flexibly be located either in the disaster areas or anywhere with Internet access.
You can find the DUMBO experimental work video which done at one of the tsunami affected area (Phuket) here
With generous support from APNIC and DotAsia , Relief.Asia announced that about 20 EeePC has arrived at Thailand’s Asian Institute of Technology. Training has been conducted in the intERLab of AIT. The Staff in AIT, along with other network facilities which required for setting up DUMBO and Sahana , are now ready to dispatch for Myanmar at any time.
Relief.Asia is also preparing to deliver more EeePC to Myanmar from Taipei next week. AsusTek , the designer and manufacturer of EeePC is also interested in learning how EeePC could be deployed in the field and evaluating how Asus can contribute to the action.
Lanka Software Foundation , the key developer group for Sahana disasterment management software, has established contact with Relief.Asia and will offer support to the ongoing work in Myanmar.
A brief introductory presentation about Relief.Asia was given in the APTLD (Asia Pacific Top-Level Domain Association) Member meeting in Kuala Lumpur . It was well received by the audiences and it is expected that more support will be from the ccTLD domain registries in the AP region.
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