EyeTap Cyborgs: Amateur Radio at University of Toronto

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EyeTap Cyborgs Club

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(Picture of Hart House captured by a community of EyeTap Cyborgs wearing computers linked together over a wireless computer network and transmitting wirelessly to the Internet using Amateur Packet Radio)

Aims

The aims of the society shall be to further the interests of its members in aspects of amateur radio (ham radio) with an emphasis on amateur television, especially EyeTap photography, EyeTap videography, wireless communications, amateur packet radio, wearable computing (WearComp), the GNUX operating system and directly associated activities.

The group also provides material and resources for learning about amateur radio and attaining an Amateur Radio License. We have a study kit, information, and expertise, sufficient for anyone dedicated to the cause to study for an amateur radio license, or to upgrade their existing license to an advanced class license.

Facilities

We manage a facility on the fourth floor of Sandford Fleming building, and an antenna facility on the roof of the Sandford Fleming building, having gigabit fiber optic connection, for high speed internet packet data.

More recently we have placed an installation on the roof of Robarts Library giving us excellent coverage of the greater Toronto area. The site at Robarts Library is primarily aimed at high speed amateur packet radio.

We are currently in the process of getting a site up on the CN tower; anyone interested in volunteering to assist in this effort, please contact us.

Meetings

Meetings are typically held almost every Friday at 4:30 PM in Sandford Flemming, Room 2202. Interested persons can come to one of these meetings or contact either Steve Mann or James Fung for more information.

Constitution

EyeTap Cyborgs Club
   
   _Club Constitution_
   
   This is the Constitution, as drafted 3rd June, 1999.
   
   _1. Name_
   
   The society shall be known as the EyeTap Cyborgs.
   
   _2. Aims_
   
   The aims of the society shall be to further the interests of its
   members in aspects of EyeTap photography, EyeTap videography, amateur
   radio, computing (WearComp), the GNUX operating system and directly
   associated activities.
   
   _3. Membership_
   
   Membership shall be open, to all persons interested in the aims of the
   society.
   
   All members shall abide by the Constitution of the Society. The
   Committee shall have the power to refuse the membership renewal of any
   person whose conduct, in the opinion of at least two thirds of the
   full Committee, renders them unfit to be a member of the society.

   _4. Subscriptions_

   All software developed within the society shall be made freely
   available, as a service to the community, including the source
   code and principle of operation, in the context of a Completely
   Open Source, Headers, Engineering, and Research (COSHER) disclosure,
   as defined in http://wearcam.org/cosher.htm

   The official WWW site for dissemination of society activities and
   service to the community shall be http://eyetap.org/cyborgs/

Contacts:

Faculty contact, overall planning, etc.: Prof. Steve Mann, N1NLF (U.S.), VA3NLF (Canada): mann@eecg.toronto.edu
Membership (to join, etc.) James Fung: fungja@eyetap.org

Current club members