Week 11 (8/3/2012) Summer 2012

Week 11 (8/3/2012) Summer 2012

As the summer semester is winding down, students are picking up the momentum. We had a record number of talks this week (which will be broken next week!)

The following are the speakers

1) Sean Chase BlueMesh http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/bluemesh/

2) Amelia Peterson CircuitBox http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/circuitbox/

3) Mike Agnew BizNet http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/ticket-terminal/

4) Ian Ooi Big http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/big/

5) Sheena McNeil koob ooc - reverse cookbook http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/koobkooc-a-reverse-cookbook/

6) Zhixun Wang Djinta http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/djinta/

7) Kevin Baker - RPID http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/rensselaer-phrequency-identification/

8) Steve Klenker Open Legislation http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/openlegislation/

With so many talks, it is difficult to summarize. I will try my best

Sean has abandoned Bluetooth connection (BlueMesh) to PC - instead he is concentrating on Android BlueMesh  He has implemented sending messages to a specific android. He has taken care on the sending side of breaking large messages into smaller chunks.

Amelia has implemented time delay issues in the back end and added more digital devices. She also mastered OpenGL for gui front end for next semester.

Mike has implemented the form for items and designed the database and has implemented a GUI front end. He plans to continue working on next semester. Mike demonstrated working of his partial system.

Ian has implemented a sizable portion. All he needs to iron out all the bugs.

Zhixum has implemented both back end and the front end - There were a few bugs (resulting from scipy). He also demonstrated his system.

Kevin talked about  his RPI RFID hardware and software. He has already posted his talk slides here. Kevin also demonstrated his system and it looks pretty cool. He is trying to write an application which uses his hardware and software.

Finally Steve talked about his project on open legislation. He has a mock up how the search box looks lik. He has started implementing his system.

It was a hectic day - never the less a very pleasant one with lots of participation from students including Jerry Shneider who dropped by with donuts to boot!)