So far in my life Chicago deep dish (stuffed crust) pizza is the most unique pizza I have eaten. While there I ate at Giordanos and Gino’s East. The pizza at both taste really good. I liked the atmosphere at Gino’s East better than Giordanos. Man, I am getting hungry…
Author: drew
Distributed 3d modeling using smartphones
You and your friends want to make a 3d model of something big!! Not just a toy or person. Rather your neighborhood or house. Something big. So the idea is to stitch together distributed 2d video to create a 3d model. You would use your smartphones that have gps, bluetooth, accelerometer, altitude data and compass. Send… Continue reading Distributed 3d modeling using smartphones
Swarm Calculus!!!!!!
I found people who are actually trying to model general swarms mathematically rather than specific swarms. This is awesome! They are calling it swarm calculus. I think that what we are doing would contribute to the swarm calculus. It seems like everyone always assumes we know that what we are looking at is a swarm and that we can… Continue reading Swarm Calculus!!!!!!
Gaussian Surface to calculate the flux of swarms
If we have a physical swarm (not the general swarm). We could use a Gaussian surface to calculate the flux of the individuals. Could this be part of the general swarm calculus. If we defined the domain using features other than distance? A more general type of Gaussian surface? Could this be applied to any… Continue reading Gaussian Surface to calculate the flux of swarms
OpenCV update and Octave
Well I had fun learning some computer vision stuff and going through the openCV tutorials yesterday. Realized just how little we know about vision. Pretty much every idea I had was either done (since it was simple) or too complicated and could be a thesis. Today I am going to brush up on my octave… Continue reading OpenCV update and Octave
Future: year 2213
Combine augmented reality, nano robot swarms and mind-device communication. So the idea is you first imagine a structure. This imagined structure is displayed (could be on glasses contact lens etc), augmenting reality. Using the image you can then improve and change the design. Could use your hands to manipulate it or just use your thoughts… Continue reading Future: year 2213
OpenCV
Well, I am learning OpenCV for my Advanced AI project. I was never that into computer vision stuff, but its something new and might come in handy someday. I got my eclipse environment set up and ran their sample app. (I had to use -L/usr/lib not /usr/local/lib like they say) Now am going to go… Continue reading OpenCV
Xp-Dev web app
I made a php app to automate the task of creating group projects on xp-dev. As a GTA for CS321, I had to create 70 accounts, around 16 projects and then add the students to their project! That is a lot of clicking if you do it manually. So, I made a php web app… Continue reading Xp-Dev web app
New Theme
I really am liking this new theme. The text is easier to read and I like being able to choose the background. The background used to be my wallpaper for my computer. It seemed to go with the tech feel.
Book idea
I was thinking it would be fun to read about a world where our concept of prison is the natural state of the denizens. Then for punishment (rather than jail) they are given full freedom. Would be interesting to read an authors rendition of such a state. Sounds like it would be a classic. Going… Continue reading Book idea