Name: Nick Sjostrom
Date registered: July 26, 2011
Feb
13
To demonstrate the potential for displaying data over time, I created a sample application on top of the InfoStrat.VE(virtual Earth). This sample program allows the user to scroll through MatLab generated data over a time frame of nine years. This type of visual data display could make analyzing time series information more interesting and fun. …
Jan
20
Over the Winter Break here at Project54 I have had the chance to work on developing an application for the Microsoft Surface. This project uses the InfoStrat Virtual Earth software, which provides an excellent template of an interactive 3D world using Bing Maps. My application uses environmental data (in this demo sediment levels in water). …
Mar
10
Unlike the creepy animatronic people in Disney Land, the Geminoid DK, while still kind of creepy, is a stepping stone in android research. The android is controlled by motion capture technology. A user sits at a computer which replicates their facial movements. So as of right now it still could be just animatronics, BUT, it …
Feb
07
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. …