@tomas the distributed network isn't really much yet -- there's still a lot of work to be done. The side project, however, is almost done -- it's pretty simple. A raspberry pi connected to a motion sensor and a camera -- it takes a picture when it detects motion, then sends the picture off to a server to detect and match faces. I'm planning on using it to see how effective it would be to do automatic time punch-in and out with facial recognition