Syracuse University’s researchers at the
School of Information Studies and its partners at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Tech, MIT,
Tufts University, and RIT have developed a technology that lets people communicate with each other using multiple operating systems. They developed a “virtual grid” that allows anyone who has access to the grid to communicate with each other. The grid, entitled The Edgeware, allows any digital device with an IP address (cell phones, computers, radios), to be linked through the software.
This technology was designed in part to help communication in emergency situations. Currently, it can be difficult for firefighters and police to directly communicate with each other during emergencies because each department operates on a different radio frequency. The Edgeware technology will bridge the communication gap.
The Edgeware will be presented at the
TEDxHarlem technology exhibit in the spring of 2012.
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