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The Ethernet Speaker System

If one wishes to distribute audio in a large room, building, or even a campus, one needs multiple speakers. These speakers must be jointly managed and synchronized. The Ethernet Speaker ES system presented in this paper can be thought of as a distributed audio amplifier and speakers, it does not...

Tags: Audio, Speaker, Drexel University, Ethernet, Networking

White papers 2008-01-01

The Bandwidth Exchange Architecture

New applications for the Internet such as video on demand, grid computing etc. depend on the availability of high bandwidth connections with acceptable Quality of Service QoS. There appears to be, therefore, a requirement for a market where bandwidth-related transactions can take place. For this market to be effective, it...

Tags: Bandwidth, QoS, Drexel University, Video On Demand (VoD), Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

White papers 2008-01-01

Developing a Student-Friendly Repository for Teaching Principles of Repository Management

While several digital repository systems are widely adopted as tools for building digital libraries, they are rather complex or required major customization to be used as tools for teaching principles of repository management. As these tools offer a wide range of functionalities to support all kinds of applications, they are...

Tags: Drexel University, Tool, Repository Management, Productivity, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0

White papers 2007-03-21

Reconfigurable Antenna Solution for MIMO-OFDM Systems

A reconfigurable microstrip dipole antenna solution for Multiple Input Multiple Output MIMO communication systems making use of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing OFDM is presented. When applied to closely spaced antenna arrays, this method can increase link capacity. The benefits of this novel antenna solution are demonstrated by channel capacity measurements...

Tags: Drexel University, MIMO-OFDM, Antenna Solution, OFDM, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2006-01-23

Sarbanes-Oxley in Higher Education: Bringing Corporate America's "Best Practices" to Academia

Whether Sarbanes-Oxley should be applied to non-profits in general, or to institutions of higher education in particular, will be decided by others. This paper will explore the ways in which its "spirit" is consistent with the aspirations of academia, and suggest ways that colleges and universities - public as well...

Tags: Education, Academia, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Drexel University, Best Practice, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures

White papers 2005-02-25

Additional Resources

In South Africa, carrier pigeon faster than broadband

Translation: That's about 180KbpsFor the DSL speed. And given that they were uploading from another DSL connection, that's pretty close to a common upload cap of 256kbps in the US. Would that be called Beaker Net...instead of Sneaker Net?RE: In South Africa, carrier pigeon faster than broadbandHmmm.Maybe Linux...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, carrier, bandwidth, broadband, latency

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Oil-staters win hybrid competition!

Texas A and M has turned out its share of petroleum engineers over the decades that crude oil has fuelled the Texas economy. Just recently the university beat the field in a race featuring student built hybrid cars! And the race was not even held in...

Tags: Texas, Brigham Young, Web Site Development, Telecom & Utilities, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Drexel students hijack online poll, get underwear

A few weeks ago I saw that students at my alma mater organized a small botnet to push Drexel to the front of the queue for Victoria's Secret's line of university branded underwear. It took a brief remark from a blog I frequent to make me realize that there...

Tags: Poll, Security, Viruses And Worms, Adam O'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Primality Tester 5.6.2 (Windows)

Primality Tester uses a deterministic test and uses the Sieve of Eratophenes logic. Recommended on The Math Forum at Drexel University for Middle School, High School and College, ages 6+. Small application window and its simple interface allows simultaneous use with Word, Outlook, Excel. Minimizes to tray and pops up...

Tags: Primality Tester, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Construction, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2006-07-20

Closing the Mac price gap

Closing the Mac price gapFor media pc's, the gap is more than closedInteresting set of reviews of Media PC's over at Wired:http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/play.html?pg=13Note that one of the big selling points of the iMac is that it is massively cheaper than the Windows alternatives.My First MacA 1987 Mac SE with 1 MB...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, RAM, Apple Inc., first Mac

Discussion threads 2006-06-08

Closing the Mac price gap

I was digging through some old crates in my garage last night and stumbled across some of my old college notebooks. While flipping through them I happened across a couple of computer price lists for students. I graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia, one of the first Universities in the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2006-06-08

Messaging Solution Boosts Communication Among Students, Educators, and Parents

For three years, the School District of Philadelphia worked with Microsoft Consulting Services and Drexel University to build the School of the Future. Designed to support about 750 students over the next few years, the school opened its doors to 175 ninth graders in September 2006. What makes the School...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server, Student, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Instant Messaging, Groupware, E-mail Servers, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

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