http://www.eceblogger.com A site where electrical and computer engineers, as well as their friends and colleagues, can exchange professional experiences. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:44:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you ever had a need to filter some tables of data in Excel using masks? If so, this post may be useful to you. The principle is simple: place your data in one sheet (Data), create a mask on another sheet (Mask) consisting of cells filled with ones (where ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2010/02/irregular-selections-in-excel/ The year 2009 has been a busy one for Project54.  We began the year off in February by moving from our garage facility in Madbury to a garage located on campus and within Morse Hall.  The transition of the group from two locations into one has been seamless and has worked out beautifully.  We ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/12/project54-a-year-in-review/ Many times when I go to Boston I try to pay a visit to a little shrine of technology called the Sony store in the Prudential Center. They always have some cool gadgetry on display. I was not disappointed a few weeks ago either. This time it was an all-in-one ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/12/testing-sonys-all-in-one-multitouch-computer/ Here at Project54, we work extensively with New Hampshire State Police. Subsequently, we have one of their 2006 Dodge Chargers for demonstrating and testing the Project54 system. One of my colleagues here at the University of New Hampshire, Daniel VanderClock, recently took the opportunity to take some photos of the ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/11/photo-set-of-the-project54-2006-nhsp-charger/ A week ago Mike, Mark, Eric and me attended another NEC-HFES student research conference in Boston. It is an annual event where students from different areas of human-factors engineering have a chance to present their work and share their thoughts and ideas with other people. This time the conference was ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/11/impressions-from-nec-hfes-2009/ Last week Dennis O'Brien the Chief Electronics Engineer of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) gave a very interesting talk in the CEPS Frontiers lecture series. LLNL is one of the premier applied physics laboratories in the world. Together with Los Alamos, it is in charge of managing the US nuclear ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/11/dennis-obriens-lecture-at-unh/ Last Friday, a few of us from P54 attended a day long student conference geared towards human factors and ergonomics. The conference was very interesting, showcasing about 20 presentations dealing with various fields. Three of us from P54 (only ones from NH) gave presentations on our current research. I gave ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/11/nec-hfes-2009/ A few days ago a new Microsoft Surface arrived to our labs. It is a great tool for user interaction studies. It's surface material has a very pleasant non-stickiy textured feel to it. Touch interactions on the Surface are recognized by multiple underlying infra-red cameras and transformed into user actions. The ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/11/the-microsoft-surface-has-arrived/ Last week I attended the “Exploring Mathematics Night,” which is an event organized annually by the UNH’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics. This is always a very interesting event intended to promote mathematics and encourage young people with degrees in mathematics about the vast opportunities that are available after graduation. ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/11/exploring-mathematics-night/ Apple recently unveiled one of its newest creations: a mouse that responds to gestures and finger movements instead of the usual clicks and scroll wheel that come standard on a regular mouse. Dubbed "Magic Mouse", this mouse uses a special optical laser that can read movement on any surface. This ... http://www.eceblogger.com/2009/10/apple-creates-multi-touch-mouse/