Yesterday I talked about this FLIRT project, here is a snapshot of the book: This makes me think of Voronoi diagrams. ...
[Weird] New watch style: a clock duct-taped on your arm
Yesterday I saw the new cutting-edge trend:a clock duct-taped on the arm. I was so impressed that I tried with transparent duct tape. This is a first do-it-yourself prototype: low cost, totally not convenient and unefficient but still very trendy for afterwork parties: ...
[Research] Spatial Data and SMS
This study "Spatial patterns in the spread of SMS in different countries" claims that SMS is more frequently used in the larger cities than in the rest of a country. The authors then explains how innovation spreads from major cities to more provincial areas. However, does this fact suffice to concl...
[MyResearch] Ontology definition
I am entering the world of ontologies for my phd thesis. That is why I put some defintions here. According to the W3C: An ontology defines the terms used to describe and represent an area of knowledge. Ontologies are used by people, databases, and applications that need to share domain information ...
[Weird] SuperCon: a Superman Convention
SuperCon: a Superman Convention: Every summer Metropolis, IL holds their annual Superman Festival. Celebrity guests show up, sign autographs and pose for photos, fan events are held, super-hero-themed vehicles are on display, the Superman Museum is open to visit... and there's always a few people d...
[VideoGame] A CounterStrike course
Counter Strike Course session by goodgame (Nicolas Cerrato). Here is the curriculum: - Basics in collective game/sport - Software and Hardware configuration: material and tuning. - Attack and defense principles - Communication: cornerstone of teamplay. - Sponsoring and management ...
[VideoGame] Top 10 Usability Recommendations
Seen here: Presentation: Series 40 Game Usability Study at Nokia. It is a presentation of the results of a game usability study, coordinated by Nokia and conducted by Idean Research Ltd., a Finnish user experience research firm. The study concentrated on solving usability and playability issues in ...
[Research] Encounter Bubble: Yet Another Location Based System
Encounter Bubble: another Location Based System that seems interesting. It is based on relative awareness. The system is built around the concept of “encounters." Each encounter consists of a pair of devices, a start time (when one of the devices detects another), and an end time (when the devices ...
[Research] just fell on this FLIRT thing...
This flirt projects seems interesting: A European Comission project under the 'IT for Mobility' theme. The development of digital cellular structures by the mobile communications industry has generated a genuine fusion between information space and urban territory. City location, time, day and date...
[Research] Today at our seminar: Hiroaki Ogata
I am attending a seminar by Hiroaki Ogata, Ph.D., University of Tokushima. The presentation is entitled "Computer Supported Ubiquitous Learning for Language Learning" This talk will present a computer supported ubiquitous learning (CSUL) environment, called CLUE. In CLUE, three sub-systems have bee...