[CAP] Asian Satellite Alerting System using CAP

[Art Botterell]

Friends -

I'll confess that this is a huge personal treat for an ancient sci-fi  
fan like myself... and an enormous credit to all of you who've helped  
create CAP:

> Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8 November 2005: An addressable satellite radio  
> system for hazard warning was demonstrated to Sir Arthur C. Clarke  
> in Colombo, Sri Lanka this week.
> It has been designed by WorldSpace, Inc., in collaboration with  
> Raytheon Corporation of the US, at the request of LIRNEasia, a Sri  
> Lankan research organization.
> The satellite radio is the first device to incorporate the Common  
> Alert Protocol (CAP). The radio set can be switched on from the  
> master control, and converted from a conventional radio to a  
> specialized hazard alert system. The equipment was field tested in  
> Sri Lanka, including at several Sarvodaya villages that were  
> affected by the Asian Tsunami of December 2004.

<http://www.lirneasia.net/2005/11/satellite-radio-for-hazard-warning- 
demonstrated-to-sir-arthur-clark/>

I won't quibble over that "first device" claim... in any event, it's  
a slick job of product-ization and I wish I could get one here in the  
U.S.

- Art