There can be situations when you do not have Internet connectivity and are getting bored with almost nothing to do.  Wait, you can still locate your Facebook friends using your laptop without Internet connectivity; all thanks to a new application named Peersonalizer.

With this application along with a downloadable software called WiPeer, you can detect Facebook friends and their friends in the vicinity if they have also installed the application.  WiPeer and Peersonalizer makes it possible to locate, network, chat, share files and directories and play collaborative games with your Facebook Friends without Internet connectivity.  WiPeer can make direct wireless (WiFi) connection between computers within a range of roughly 300 meters without using any intermediary device like a router.  The limitation is that WiPeer currently works with Windows XP only.

Peersonalizer is a patent pending application developed by two Technion Faculty of Computer Science students, Lior Biran and Tomer Einav.  They are now planning to extend this technology to other social networking sites and even with WiFi-enabled mobile phones,including the iPhone.

To connect with your friends, add the Peersonalizer Facebook application to your account and download the WiPeer software.

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