Does this image look familiar? If it does, then you may be interested to know that Commodore 64 is back! Believe it or not, but a company named Commodore USA, LLC just recently decided to bring the timeless classic from the dead. Even though the computer will have the well known look and feel, it …
Monthly Archive: February 2011
Feb
15
Budapest Study Abroad Program – the First Week
The first week in Budapest really flew by. I traveled with four other UNH students all studying electrical engineering as well. We got lost a few times before getting the hang of using the trains, trams, and busses to get around the city. This was important to figure out with all the errands we had …
Feb
11
A Visit to NavLab at Carnegie Mellon University
At this year’s AutmotiveUI Conference in Pittsburgh I met Aaron Steinfeld who was kind enough to give us a tour of NavLab at the world renowned Robotics Institute of CMU. The following photo shows Aaron with the latest NavLab vehicle, No 11. The lab focuses on developing autonomous vehicles, a.k.a. robot cars. They are equipped …
Feb
07
Steering Wheel Interface
I recently read a paper describing a touch screen interface on the body of a steering wheel with the use of a webcam, projector, Wii remote(used for the driving simulation) and some acrylic glass. I thought it was interesting to see another approach at limiting distraction while driving, besides that of what Project54 is doing. …