Discount Pricing for schools and US students
Apr 15, 2008     (Sun Microsystems)

Sun is offering special discount pricing to educational institutions and to students in the US. For complete details, visit http://www.sunspotworld.com/products/edusales/

Now available in Canada
Apr 15, 2008  by Sun Microsystems  

Developer kits are now available for commercial sales in Canada. See http://www.sunspotworld.com/products/

Sun SPOTs Go Open Source - an interview with Arshan Poursohi
Feb 12, 2008  by Mary Grush   (Campus Technology)

Recently Sun Microsystems announced that it would open source both the hardware and operating system for Sun SPOTs, its sensor networking product based on Java technology. CT talked with Arshan Poursohi, a staff researcher in the Sun SPOTs lab on Sun's Menlo Park, CA campus to find out how higher education institutions can incorporate Sun SPOTs in research and instruction.

Sun Brings Innovative Sun SPOT Sensors to Open Source Community
Jan 29, 2008     (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced open sourcing of the Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT), a Sun Microsystems Laboratories research project. The open source release of the versatile Java technology-based Sun SPOT platform will include hardware, software and the Squawk Virtual Machine.

Sun SPOTs Promise Pervasive Java - Programmable devices, sensors pave the way
Jan 25, 2008  by Alex Handy   (SD Times)

The engineers at Sun Microsystems see a future in which mobile applications will include numerous links to real-world sensors and devices.

"BigDig" Sun SPOT controlled webcam
Jan 22, 2008     (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)

This is David Simmons' implementation of his Remote Control Camera project. The camera is mounted in front of David's home in Cary, North Carolina.

Sun announces special discount pricing to educational institutions
Dec 4, 2007     (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)

Sun is offering special discount pricing to educational institutions. Contact your Sun Reseller for details. To find your Sun local Reseller, go to this page and search or browse for your Sun sales representative or partner in your area.

Must-have gadgets for the discerning geek
Nov 23, 2007  by Galen Gruman   (InfoWorld)

If your happy childhood centered around your Heathkit radio, computer, or home audio electronics kits, you'll drool over Sun Microsystems' Project Sun Spot Development Kit, a battery-operated platform for development of radio-controlled sensor networks, robotics, and personal consumer electronics.

Updated SPOTfinder for Mac OS X
Nov 19, 2007     (Sun Microsystems)

The zip file contains the updated spotfinder for Mac OS X. This universal binary fixes a problem in the Mac spotfinder shipped with the purple SDK release that caused failures on Mac OS X 10.5 aka Leopard.

Sun SPOT SDK v3.0 (Purple Beta
Oct 2, 2007  by David G. Simmons   (Sun Microsystems)

Sun SPOT SDkv3.0 (Purple) is now available for Beta testing!

Think Fast, Hotshot -- SunSPOT Programming Competition
Sep 7, 2007     (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)

If you think you can come up with a killer project using Sun SPOTs, write it up and post it in the Sun SPOTs Projects forum. We may want to talk to you about your project, so be ready for that. Projects that stand out will receive Sun SPOT Development Kits.

Latest SunSPOT Documentation Now Available Online
Jun 10, 2007     (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)

Sun Microsystems Laboratories Unveils Sun Small Programmable Object Technology
Mar 6, 2006     (Sun Microsystems, Inc.)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. March 6, 2006 Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW) today announced Project Sun SPOT, an innovative, battery operated platform for development of wireless sensor networks, robotics and personal consumer electronics. Project Sun SPOT, which will be demonstrated at Sun's 2006 Worldwide Education & Research Conference this week, opens the door for Java developers, educators, researchers and hobbyists to build creative applications for the next era of computing - programming the real world. Powered by a small Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) virtual machine written almost entirely in Java, Project Sun SPOT provides a way to easily, affordably and quickly build Java-based sensor applications that run directly on the central processing unit (CPU) without any underlying operating system.