Recently I was implementing an image button on a Windows Mobile 6.5 system. On the desktop you can simply extend the Button class and overload the OnPaint function to control the look and feel (for example adding custom image fields). However, in the Compact Framework version of .Net the Button control doesn’t actually draw itself …
Category Archive: R&D
Oct
20
Sep
17
MERL Summer Internship
This summer I had another great internship at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) in Cambridge, MA. This time my host was Garrett Weinberg. My experiences from MERL are extremely positive, not only because I had an opportunity to work on high-end research, but also because of people that I directly collaborated with. Similar to …
Aug
03
A Written Contact Card vs. the Project54 Mobile Software
One of the current projects in development here at CATLab is the Project54 mobile software for the Dover Police Mounted Patrol Unit. Combined with the Motorola Symbol MC5574, our Project54 mobile software allows the mounted officers to fill out their required contact cards quicker and more efficiently than writing the information on the card directly. …
Jun
22
USB-Related Power-Up Issues with the Symbol DS6707 Scanner
Recently, users of Project54 have reported that the USB devices connected to their in-car computers at random would not power up correctly. Typically, a system reboot would solve the problem and power up the devices, but this situation is not ideal. The police officers using the Project54 application need all USB devices to …
Jun
03
Gesture-Based Computing
These Lycra gloves are part of a new MIT prototype for a new gesture-based computing system. Graduate student Robert Wang and Associate Professor Jovan Popović developed this system that improves upon other techniques that use interfaces that adapt to human movement, such as the Nintendo Wii. Lycra gloves made of irregularly shaped patches are part …
Apr
26
3D Input Interface for Mobile Devices
A recent post on Slashdot led me to this interesting video produced by the folks at Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Using their Vision Chip, a CMOS image sensor with a parallel image processor, they created an in-air, finger motion based interface for a mobile phone. While I do not believe that …
Apr
15
Memory Resistor
A memory resistor or memristor, is a controllable resistor that stores information it has acquired, hence the memory part. The memristor is a combination of resistors, capacitors, and inductors. It is on the cutting edge of memory, but it has now been found that the memristor may also be able to perform logic functions. This …
Apr
01
Bret Harsham talk at UNH
A couple of weeks ago our ECE department hosted Bret Harsham of Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) as a part of the ECE900 graduate seminar. Bret gave a very interesting lecture about the ways of shortening voice dialogs through using a contextual push-to-talk button. The title of the lecture was “Contextual Push-to-Talk: Shortening Voice Dialogs …
Aug
13
Summer internship at MERL
This summer I have had a great opportunity to be an intern at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) in Cambridge, MA. This is not only a great prospect for my professional career, but also a chance to experience how working in a real company looks like. MERL is a daughter company of the Mitsubishi Electric …
Aug
12
Microsoft's Vision
Microsoft is either loved or hated by most of society these days. But no matter where you stand on the company, you have to agree that the vision they show in the video below is amazing, and displays great contributions to society. The video is an envisioned future of 2019, just ten years ahead. It’s …