IEEE SA Webinar: Next Generation Wi-Fi Positioning: An Overview of IEEE 802.11az™ & 802.11bk™, October 16th, 2025
Wi-Fi Now Global Webinar: Improving Public Safety with Indoor Wi-Fi Location Services, October 15th, 2025.
Cisco Unplugged Webinar: Episode 63: UWB, Wi-Fi, and Beyond - Cisco and Google’s Approach to Indoor Location, July 23rd, 2025.
Wi-Fi Now Global Webinar: Ultra-Wideband (UWB): Ultra-accurate location & asset tracking with Wi-Fi networks, June 17, 2025.
Android 15 Developer Website: Wi-Fi Next Generation Positioning
IEEE SA Webinar; “Redefining Wi-Fi Based Location with IEEE 802.11az" A. Raissinia, R. Want, Duration: 1 hour 15mins. November 9th, 2023.
The Signal Podcast (Martha DeGrasse) Wi-Fi Alliance (July 25th, 2023)
EPISODE #43 “A deep dive into Wi-Fi Location™ with Jonathan Segev of Intel and Roy Want of Google”
Webinar: Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering: "Next Generation Wi-Fi Positioning: An Overview of the IEEE 802.11az Protocol", University of Washington, July 18, 2023.
Android Developer PodCast: MP3: June 2023
Android Location: https://f.io/eiW4srdJ
Wi-Fi World Congress: May 14th, 2023
802.11az TUTORIAL:
WiFi RTT enabled in HPE/Aruba Access Points for self location. This capability benefits the 6GHz FCC AFC requirements and indoor location/navigation applications. Its also significant as it marks the first Enterprise Access Point vendor that has eabled
HPE Blog Mar 29th, 2022: Bring the ease and accuracy of GPS to indoor location services
HPE YouTube: Aruba's self-locating indoor access points - YouTube
Android: Wi-Fi RTT Location Application
WifiRttLocator Play Store link active since 21st June 2021:
Launch Coverage (after release on 6/21 2021):
9to5Google: Google releases ‘WifiRttLocator App’ to demo indoor positioning with Google Wifi
AndroidPolice: 9 new and notable Android apps from the last two weeks
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Android: Wi-Fi NAN Ranging Application
WifiNanScan Launched on Google Play Store as V1.2 on March 18th, 2021
Launch Coverage (after release on 3/18 2021)::
9to5Google: Google releases WifiNanScan App on Play Store, to measure distance between phones
Tom’s Guide, Google just made Wi-Fi way better than Bluetooth — here’s how
MakeUseOf.com, WifiNanScan Helps You Measure the Distance Between Two Phones
ndtv/gadgets, Google Releases ‘WifiNanScan’ App for Developers to Measure Accurate Distance Between Phones
firstpost.com, GOOGLE RELEASES ‘WIFINANSCAN APP’ ON PLAYSTORE FOR DEVELOPERS TO MEASURE PRECISE DISTANCE BETWEEN PHONES
News18-Tech, Google's New WifiNanScan App Aims to Improve Tech That Lets Users Share Files Without Internet
Technical Arena, Google Releases ‘WifiNanScan’ App for Builders to Measure Correct Distance Between Telephones
NewsJuly, Google ‘WifiNanScan’ App Helps Developers Measure Distance Between Phones
Flipboard, Google's New WifiNanScan App Aims to Improve Tech That Lets Users Share Files Without Internet
BGR, Google just released an exciting new app with wireless tech that’s better than Bluetooth
Featured on Google’s Daily Insider
Deccan Herald Google testing new device pairing app via Wi-Fi Aware tech
Tech Times Google Introduces WifiNanScan, an Android App that Allows Phones to Connect at Greater Distances
NewsInfoSeries 1) Google brought awesome app, devices will connect without bluetooth and internet 2) Google’s New WifiNanScan App Aims to Improve Tech That Lets Users Share Files Without Internet
Techpout.com: Google’s ‘WiFiNanScan’ App to connects nearby device without the Internet or Bluetooth
Trends-Network.blogspot,com: WifiNanScan : Now Connect Devices Without Internet Or Bluetooth
GamersGrade.com: Google Releases ‘WifiNanScan’ App for Developers to Measure Accurate Distance Between Phones
HotHardware.com: Google's WifiNanScan App Is A Potential Boon For Android Developers, Here's What It Does
YourTechStory.com: Google launches ‘WifiNanScan’ on Play Store for developers to measure the distance between phones
GadgetBridge: Google launched the ‘WifiNanScan’ App to measure distance between devices.
International Business Times: Google Launches Wireless Android Capabilities Exceeding Bluetooth Even Without Internet Connection
TechZimo: Google’s New WifiNanScan App: Devices connected without Bluetooth and Internet
TechDator: WifiNanScan: Google’s New App For Communicating With Nearby Devices
ACM SIGMOBILE: GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications magazine: "2019 ACM SIGMOBILE Outstanding Contributions Award: Roy Want" by Sumi Helal, doi.org/10.1145/3400713.3400716, Vol. 23(4). page 3. May 2020
WIFI RTT smartphone to Access Point ranging:
WifiRttScan Launched on Google Play Store in April 10th 2019:
Launch Coverage (after release on 4/10)::
9to5Google: Google releases ‘WifiRttScan App’ for testing 802.11mc indoor positioning
GooleIO'18 Session: How to get one-meter location-accuracy from Android devices.
GPS World Article on GPS + Wi-Fi RTT based on GoogleIO'18 transcript
Android Wi-Fi Aware (NaN) with RTT ranging discovery (P2P). See also NaN Peer-to-Peer Ranging..
Wi-Fi RTT in the Android Preview Blog.
Droid Life
Android P and WiFi RTT youtube video by Dan Galpin (RTT time index 3:30)
IEEE 802.11az Task Group - Next Generation Positioning - NGP (Indoor)
ACM SIGMOBILE Test-of-Time Awards 2016
MobiCASE Conference: keynote: "Enabling the Internet of Things", R. Want, Dec 1st, 2016, Cambridge, England, UK.
Intelligent Environments Conference: keynote: "The Web of Things", R. Want, 13th July 2015, Prague, Czech Republic
The Android Beacon Developers site: Eddystone BLE Beacons
IEEE CCNC'14: keynote: "Pervasive Computing is the New Black", R. Want, 11th January 2014, Las Vegas, NV.
IEEE PerCom'13: keynote: "The Golden Age of Pervasive Computing", R. Want, 19th March, 2013, San Diego, CA
Research at Google: (Web Blog): Interview with Roy Want about his research career, 7th November, 2012
ACM Ubicomp 2013: Ten Year Impact Award: "The Personal Server: ...", Pittsburgh, 5th September, 2012
AMEinfo: "World's experts gather at Canadian University to discuss advancements in Digital Technology" 23rd April 2012.
IT Connection: An Interview with Roy Want, by Stephen Ibraki, on Mobile Computing 9th January, 2012
ACM: Mobility Tech Pack, SIGMOBILE, December 2011
CNET: Look out! Here comes Apple's killer location-services patent, November 16th, 2011 by Erik Sherman
SLASHDOT: Apple's New Patent Weapon - Location Services, November 17th, 2011 by DaveyJJ
Intel Technology Journal: Essential Computing: Simplifying And Enriching Our Work And Daily Life. ISBN 978-1-934053-28-7.
Intel Web: Research @ Intel: June 2009: Carry Small, Live Large - Mobility Showcase
DCC integration with 1) Steelcase MediaScape 2) EMPC classroom groupware 3) Digital Home (STB)
EETimes: "IEEE highlights technologies that will change the world" by Nicolas Mokhoff 3/16 2009
Reuters: "IEEE Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary Presenting Emerging, World Changing Technologies" - Emily Mason, Rudder Finn, 3/10/2009
Control Engineering: "IEEE: Computing, robotics, education benefit from tighter human-technology interactions" , Mark T. Hoske, Control Engineering -- 3/13/2009.
IEEE-125 web: IEEE 125th Anniversary Media Event, New York 10th March 2009,
Facebook IEEE 125th Anniversary "Dynamic Composable Computing", Photo Page
Slashgear: "Intel Multi-client display linking for an impromptu big-screen.", Friday, Mar 6th 2009 by Chris Davies
Engadget: "Intel develops multi-computer display linking, the commercial writes itself", by Ross Miller, posted Mar 6th 2009
Intel Innovation (Web): "Multi-client display linking.",
Intel IDF Fall August 19-21, San Francisco, 2008: Dynamic Composable Computing Demo Booth & Tech Session.
Intel Blog: Carry Small, Live Large, April 9th 2008
Intel IDF Spring March 30-April 2nd 2008, Shanghai, China: Gaming & Dynamic Composition
Intel Blog: Dynamic Composable Computing, March 27th 2008
The Inquirer: "Intel shows-off experimental UI device", press report of the Dynamically Composable Computing (DCC) project, part of the Carry Small, Live Large (CSLL) focus area in Intel/CTG. By Charlie Demerjian Tuesday 26 June 2007..
Intel Web: Beyond the call – Intel and Motorola Explore New Possibilities for the Cell Phone Platform, Dec 5th 2006
Intel Web: The Phone System Interface (PSI), Dec 5th 2006
Intel Web: Spotlight News: "Roy Want Named IEEE and ACM Fellow" Feb 2006.
Intel Web: Personal Media Server, Feb 2006
Ascribe: "ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, Names 34 Fellows for Contributions to Computing and IT; Winners Represent Leading Industries, Research Labs, Universities", Jan 10th 2006
PC Magazine. "Intel's Portable Prototypes", Wireless Personal Media Server, 16th November 2005
Intel Web: "Meet Our Researchers", Roy Want, August 2005
Networked World [Russian], " Calculations and Predictions", Personal Server & Trevor Pering referenced, August 2005
Wired News: "Airline Tests RFID on the Fly", By Ryan Singe, 9th Aug., 2005
Computer Zeitung Magazine, Personal Server, p16, No. 28, July 11, 2005
Technology @ Intel Magazine, "Moving Towards a Future of Ubiquitous Computing", Personal Server p3. , June 2005
DeviceForge.com: "Moving toward a future of ubiquitous computing". May 31st 2005
Intel Web: "Personal Server: Next Generation Mobile Computing", Jan 2005
Slashdot: "A Technical RFID Primer", Hemos, 26th October, 2004
Discovery Channel Canada: Video: "What's the Frequency?" Airdate: 21st October, 2004
Wired News: "American Passports to Get Chipped" by Ryan Singel, 19th October 2004
@monitor: "Personal Server' one of many Intel R&D projects" by James Careless, Vol. 11, Issue 8, August, 2004.
CNET: Video (4m 55s): "It's a small world ahead for serving up documents and media", by James Hilliard, 7th May 2004.
CDNET News: "Intel's next challenge: Mastering physical world", by Michael Kanellow, May 5th 2004.
Speech Technology Magazine: "Technology Trends" by Dr. James Larson, March/April 2004
DocBug - Media Technology Archives: "Breaking the Brick", by DocBug, 23rd Sept 2003
Ars Technica, "IDF Roundup: Fall 2003", by Matt Woodward, 17th Sept, 2003
ZDNet UK, " Personal Server Takes Your Data With You" 16th Sept, 2003
PCProc.com. "IDF Fall 2003: Intel demos Personal Server prototype", 16th Sept, 2003
eWeek, "Intel Foretells 'Personal Server", by Mark Hachman, 16th Sept, 2003
The Register, "Goodbye PC, Hello PS (Personal Server) ", by Tony Smith 16th Sept, 2003
SlashDot, "Everyone Needs a Personal Server", by Michael, 6th Sept, 2003
LinuxDevices.com, "Intel Personal Server research: mobile computing in the palm of your hand", Sept 5th, 2003
CPU Magazine, Interview about the Personal Server Project, Willian Vanwinkle, Sept 2003 issue.
El Pais (Spanish #1 Press) "The Idea of the Personal Server...", by Francis Pisani, July 24th, 2003
Reforma (Mexican #1 Press) "All the Informaiton in a Box", by Francis Pisani,July 21st, 2003
Business 2.0, "The Next Big Thing ... the cell phone" , section "Building the Wireless Brain", July 2003, Michael V Copeland
Geek.com "Intel Touts Wireless Pocket Sever", 5th May 2003
Slashdot, "Intel's Personal Server: The Handheld Killer", Michael and Mark Baard, May 4th 2003
COTS Magazine, "Wearable Computers Blaze Connectivity Path", April 2003, Vol 17. , Jeff Child
Venture Capital Journal (VCJ):Tech Detective: "Want a Personal Server? " by Carolina Braunschweig, pp34--35, Nov 2002
Book: "Star Trek: I'm working on that.", William Shatner with Chip Walter. Part II: The Bitstorm p107- Chapter 8 - "Get Smart", pp118-125, Pocket Books, ISBN: 0-671-04737-X, September, 2002
Intel Research Spotlight: " Interview with Roy Want [about the Ubiquity Project]". May-August 2002
CRN mobile innovations: "The Incredible shrinking Form Factor by Kristen Kenedy. 30th May 2002
MIT Technology Review, October 2001, Vol 104, No. 10, pp24-25 "Intel Revamps R&D", by Bob Buderi (Personal Server)
Wireless Business & Technology, July, 2001, pp36-38 b y Bill Ray (Ubicomp)
The Feature, The Incredible Shrinking Computer Pt. 2: Corporate Smarts.
By Niall McKay in Silicon Valley, Apr 12 2001.
MIT Technology Review, January 2001, Vol 104 No. 1, p52 , "Computing Goes Everywhere", by Bob Buderi (e-tags).
Business Week, 4th December 2000, "Frontier: Forecast 2001 The Wireless Future A unified phone, fax, and browser? Not yet. But loads of improvements will make your life easier", by Kevin Ferguson,
Metropolis, July 2000, "Warm and Fuzzy logic", by Peter Kupfer pp100-p135, (Electronic Tags p134).
Red Herring, July 2000, Hindsight (ParcTab reference in Red Herring 1995 article), p64, by John J. Eilenberg.
ComputorEdge Online- San Diego, "Invisible Computers" by David Ross.
New York Times, Circuits -D5, "As gadgets shrink, they may wind up in surprising places.", by Anne Eisenberg, May 4th 2000. (Embedded Computing).
Red Herring "Handheld Devices - Revolution at Hand", by Niall McKay, May 2000, pp232-235 (Electronic Tags).
C-NET/CNBC "Beyond the PC", TV interview Richard Hart Hosting, Sat 1pm, April 8th 2000.
Info World, "Converging Future", by Eve Epstein, Friday 7th January 2000 (MEMS, IT and the future).
PC World, "The Future PC", by Michelle Campanelli , pp116-130, January 2000, (electronic tagging quotes).
Newsweek, "Future of the Internet", January 2000, by Lois Taylor.
San Jose Mercury News, "The Post-PC Era" , by Deborah Claymon, 29th November 1999, pp10E & 22E (Electronic Tagging)
Worth Magazine, Visions: The Internet in 2002, by Ed Sussman and Lan N. Nguyen, November 1999 pp152-163, E-tags: quote: 22. "You won't have to know a web sites address"
CACM, The Post-PC Era, October 1999 p21-22 (Parctab) by Larry Press
LA Times, The Cutting Edge: Focus on Technology, "Computing's Next Wave: Thinking Toasters", by Ashely Dunn,1C p1. Aug. 23rd 1999, (electronic tagging quotes)
The Financial Post (Toronto, ON) Sowing PARC's next revolution, April 21st 1999, Page C13 - Internet Stock Fountain. by Sentor Avzav.
Tech Week, (Silicon Valley), "PARC Place", by David Becker, March 22nd 1999, Vol 2. No. 6. p1 & p18-p19. (PARC & Internet Fountain)
KRON TV, "Electronic Tagging", Reporter: Anthony Moor, Channel 4, 11pm, 6th May.
San Jose Mercury News, "Here, there and Everywhere", Elizabeth Wasserman, , Jan 6th 1998, pp1F-2F (Minder & ParcTab).
WE magazine, "Life Inside the Lab". by Charles A Riley II. , March 1998, pp67-69 (PARC & ubicomp)
Mobile Computing and Communications, "The Shape of Things to Come" by Elaine C.Y. Chen. ,
June 1998, pp75-86. (Active Badge and ParcTab).
The Times (UK), The Techno-gospel according to Mark. Interface Magazine p10-11 Jan. 1997
"Ruhiger Leben", Profil Extra, p18-20. June 1997 (Active Badge and ParcTab)
SCAN CNBC-TV, "Future on Computers" Network 5.30pm May 10th, 1997, 7mins
Kron TV: Computing futures. 8th Oct '97
Austrian TV: ORF Treffpunkt Kultur, August 9th 1997.
PBS ch.9, Life on the Internet, The Future of Computers. 6.30-7.30pm Sun 26th Oct
ABC News TV "Tonight Cutting Edge" Nov 14th, 1997
ABC Nightline with Forrest Sawyer TV , Nov 17th, 1997
Der Spiegel "Mit meinem Hause reden" Nov '97 p224-225 (Active badge and Parctab)
Chip. "Smarte Helferlein" p290, Nov. 1997. (Active badge and ParcTab)
Soutwest Airlines SPIRIT magazine, Invisible Computers" by Jim Morrison. March 1996 P78--88 [Parctab]
San Francisco Business Times, "Making Computers Sociable" by Daniel S. Levine. . Technology Quarterly Page March 15-21, 1996 [Active Badges]
Blid der Wissenschaft (Tr. The Magazine of Science and Technology), "Die Zukunft Erfinden (Kreative Chaoten denken fur Xerox)" Bruni Kobbe October 1996 P34, [Parctab]
Life on the Internet, "The Disappearing Net", Cochran Entertainment, 1996.
PC Computing, January 95, , "The Office of the Future", 190-196, by Wendy Taylor.
Popular Science, February 95, , "Total Recall", pp 46-48/80-81 by Robert Langreth
WIRED, March 95, "You're Not Paranoid: They Really Are Watching You", pp95--85, by John Whalen.
Oakland Tribune, March 1st , , Cyberia - Excursions in the Digital Domain, Interview by Howard Bryant, D1-4.
Stern Magazine, March 28th, , Interview by Thomas Borchert, Published 19th October 95, pp144--148.
L'Express, March 9th, , Sneaky Chips, Interview by Christophe Agnus photo-shoot 28th March. Issue published on August 8th, pp58--59
Communications Week International, April 11th, , Telecom '95, Interview by Susan Grossman
Southwest Spirit, April 17th , , Southwest Airlines, Interview by Jim Morrison
PBS "Frontline" - High stakes in Cyberspace, June 14th, , with Robert Krulwich, produced by Frank and Martin Koughan. See http://www.PBS.org. Aired Oct on TV 31st (Halloween).
Il Manefesto, June 26th, , Interview by Flamina Denarie @ Berkeley
San Fransisco Examiner, September 15th, , "Playground of Invention", by Susan Moran.
Info Week & Boston Globe, September 30th,, Interview by Emily Kay
Pen Computing Magazine, November 95, , "Pen News - Xerox Partab", p16.
Profiles: Continental Airlines: Oct 94, p 14. - Digital Skeleton Key.
Channel 5 news coverage of Ubiquitous Computing at PARC (28th Apr)
Wired. "PARC IS BACK!", Feb '94. Featuring the Active Badge and ParcTab, pp91-95. by Howard Rheingold.
Smithsonian. Vol 25 No.6 'We're going to have computers coming out of the Woodwork' by Richard Wolkomir. pp82-93 (features Parctab).
Glamour Magazine: Coming: Employee trackers, Susan Vinella, April 1993, p117
BYTE: Track People with Active Badges, Dick Pountain, December 1993, p57-64
West Mag: San Jose Mercury News. March 8th 1992. "The Boss that never Blinks". Tom McNichol
San Jose Mercury News, Thur. March 1992. "A Computer to Wear". Rory J O'Connor
Palo Alto, Weekly. Vol X111, No. 32. May 6th, 1992. "The Office of the 21st Century", Jock Friedly.
Milwaukee Journal: May 19, 1992 Hardwear: Computers move into the world of fashion. A. Pollack
InfoWorld: June 1992. "Active Badges Limit Privacy But Boost Productivity", Bob Metcalfe.
InfoWorld: July 6 1992 page 51 "More on Active Badges and fears about loss of privacy" Bob Metcalfe.
Business Week: Aug 17th, 1992. "Big Brother, Pinned to your chest." Peter Coy
The Times (UK). Thur 27th. August 1992. "Adults Baffled By Complex Gadgets". (ParcTab picture from EP).
The New York Times: Sat Sept 12 1992 "Orwellian Dream Come True: A Badge That Pinpoints You" Leonard Sloane
The Washington Post: 8th October 1992 "Active Badges Play Follow the Worker; Computerised Trackers Spark Worries about 'Big Brother'". J. Burgess.
Mercury News: 8th October 92. "You Can't Hide from the Badge - Computer tracks your every move. John Burgess
Security Management Magazine: Nov. 1992. "The badge that beckons". Lisa Arbetter.
Omni Magazine: Dec 92 Issue STYLE: "Dress Code: The ultimate PCs will be worn." A. J. S. Rayl.
CBS-TV. Banmiller on Business (Ch. 2). "Active Badges in the Office World". Sat. 29th August 92, 10.30pm Staring R.Want, B. Schilit, and Marvin Theimer in a 6 minute documentary.