This week we have started working really hard on the project again. In comparison with last week, we have worked full days including some evenings. This is because we had no presentations, meetings, seminars, and excursions planned the last few days. For us, this is a good thing, since we have made some serious progress and made some important decisions regarding the project. Hopefully, this will lead to a satisfactory result by the end of next week.
So, you might wonder after this general talk if we had experienced any highlights the last few days that are worth mentioning? Well, we have! Yesterday, October 2nd, some of us went to the museum again to test the Meshliums and to start making a fingerprint map. For the people who wonder what we mean with a fingerprint map in combination with localization, we would like to point out that Google is your friend (or any other search engine that you prefer). Anyway, that didn't go as planned so to say. When we arrived we found out that there was a "small" queue before the entrance as you can see on the picture below. This is because this week is a national holiday week in China and therefore, obviously, half of China had to visit "our" museum ;). We tried to convince the guard at the exit with gestures and showing the Meshlium devices to let us in right away, but that attempt was unsuccessful. Even Weilin was called to convince him, but that didn't help either. Therefore we went back to the university with unfinished business.
So, you might wonder after this general talk if we had experienced any highlights the last few days that are worth mentioning? Well, we have! Yesterday, October 2nd, some of us went to the museum again to test the Meshliums and to start making a fingerprint map. For the people who wonder what we mean with a fingerprint map in combination with localization, we would like to point out that Google is your friend (or any other search engine that you prefer). Anyway, that didn't go as planned so to say. When we arrived we found out that there was a "small" queue before the entrance as you can see on the picture below. This is because this week is a national holiday week in China and therefore, obviously, half of China had to visit "our" museum ;). We tried to convince the guard at the exit with gestures and showing the Meshlium devices to let us in right away, but that attempt was unsuccessful. Even Weilin was called to convince him, but that didn't help either. Therefore we went back to the university with unfinished business.
| Today, after a group meeting in the morning, we went back to the museum to try to pass the guard again. This time not only the Chinese professors warned the museum staff again that we were coming, but we also brought a written Chinese letter by Weilin to explain that we are students from Wuhan University that will do some measurements in the museum with the approval of the director. The guard at the exit read the letter and within 10 seconds we were inside, passing at least hundreds of Chinese visitors who were waiting in line. The museum was really crowded, a huge difference with the first time we visited. Normally, foreigners are already stared at a lot, but imagine when these foreigners are installing WiFi scanners in the middle of a museum. Exactly, we were quite the attraction. And if that wasn't enough, Edward also had to be the superstar by going on the photograph with two girls who asked him. Fortunately we also managed to take a photo of this as well :). After installing everything and the photo shoot, we performed a few measurements. Tomorrow almost all of us will go to the museum to acquire a large part of the fingerprint map. After that we will be picked up again around 16:30 by the company from last time to join them on a 3-hour boat trip on the Yantze River including diner. If that isn't enough, after that we will all go to the pub for a party. And it's not an ordinary party! No, tomorrow it is Sisi's birthday! So we will party for two and make sure that it will be an unforgettable birthday. | 
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