Blogging Roller

Here are notes I took with VoodooPad during Goslings keynote.

• Mentions Rendezvous Java API and Apple's WWDC

• Brings up Tor Norbye for a Java Creator Studio demo
  • shows how to add a field validator using a regex
  • shows dynamic navigation, click button three times to proceed to next page

• Brings up Matt and Todd to demo Java Studio Enterprise demo (to be released next month)
  • Shows UML 2.o modeling capabilities, reverse and forward engineering
  • Uses UML class diagram to navigate the source code base
  • Shows reverse engineered sequence diagram
  • Demos two-way sync of model and code using code editor and class diagram
  • Shows that instant messaging is built into IDE, pastes Java code into chat window
  • Shows that syntax highlighting and code completion works in chat window
  • Shows shared code window, editable by both parties in chat

• Now lets talk about devices
  • Brings up Greg to talk about real-time Java RTSJ (JSR-1)
  • Two commercial implementations now exist
  • DARPA nearing completion of open source implementation of RTSJ
  • Lots of interested in RTSJ in the embedded space
  • Mentions RTSJ use in destroyers, power plants via "heavy iron" - Solaris and SPARC
  • Demos Macinaw and shows how it can swing up and then balance an inverted pendulum
  • As you know in RTSJ "threads you can write that are not effected by GC"
  • Shows that other threads can be working out, doing GC, but still the pendulum balances
  • Shows distributed fail over, pulls the plug on one machine and pendulum stays up

• Gets Cameron Row of Psinaptic on stage to talk about Bluetooth and Jini
  • Rewrote Jini lookup in C and ported it to a very tiny CSR bluetooth chip, 1MB flash
  • Jini lookup service in 4K of compiled C code, HTTP server is 8K
  • Talks about how this enables personal preferences for automobiles and other things
  • PDA or cellphone can transmit your biometrics, your personal preferences, and financial info
  • Starts up a Jini browser on a iPAQ, it finds a thermostat and an LED controller
  • UI code is automatically downloaded to iPAQ and he uses it to turn on and off the LED
  • Psinaptic is working with Ford and an Australian home automation company

• Now let's go to the truly weird with Simon Ritter
  • Simon is covered in electronic equipment for augmented reality, a "wearable" computer
  • Webcam strapped to his head, laptop on his waist, and keyboard strapped to his arm
  • Turns camera on James, who holds up Chinese sign, asks system for translation
  • Rubber-band boxes James head and asks system to identify, it says "James Gosling"
  • Shows heads up display map of supermarket, gets system to locate the Snickers bars
  • Uses Java Desktop OS, Swing/AWT UI, Sphinx voice recognition software
  • James was involved in Sphinx project 25 years ago

• Thats it for the demos, time to resume the T-Shirt shooter contest

I also took some notes on the Java open source panel, but they need some work.