Aphasia minutes from 2012/09/12
Heather went to Aphasia Camp. Got ideas from SLPs. Identified 4 or 5 subjects to help us evaluate tools. We need to handle multiple types of input: dictation, camera, drawing, typing. Network should support 1:1 messaging. But maybe not comments? Login: icon tap sequence? Security risks in too short a password with too few symbols. […]
Storybook minutes from 2012/09/11
Looked at last year’s results. Worked, but not on all devices. Syncing animation (exported from Flash as a movie) and Android MediaPlayer no phone. This go around: Unity. Resolve license questions. (Chris) Build first Android app. (Di, Mike) Explore character rigging. (Mike) Document PocketSphinx process. (Chris) Student Research Day is different this year. More than […]
Buster minutes from 2012/09/06
James got his device up an running. It clicked along speedily. Eric is only taking 7 credits this semester. Peter taught us how to shutdown. Quitting X still leaves us at a command prompt. Eric and electricity are like this. First goal: create an OpenGL/GLSL sandbox like http://glsl.heroku.com. Second goal: install PBS. Peter says Condor instead. […]
Turning off the Raspberry Pi
Now that we have some of the Raspberry Pi’s up and running, we are playing with some of the installed games and poking around the system. One thing that confused us was how to turn off the RPI. Just yanking the power cord from a computer is a very bad idea; you should always properly […]
Gathering hardware
Our Raspberry Pi boards don’t do anything yet. We need some accessories. This afternoon, Peter taught me everything he knows about hardware, and we ordered these things to build our bramble: CyberPower CP-H720P High-speed Hub. We wanted something like this to provide a central power source that can plug into a standard outlet. Seven boards […]
SpecCheck
SpecCheck is a system for computer science educators teaching large classes to get their students’ code in line with homework specifications. With SpecCheck, educators write their reference implementation, tag the specified parts with @Specified, and generate tests for interface conformance that students apply to their own code. Wherever things are misnamed, wherever parameters are missing, […]
Reader-animated storybooks
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Buster – a budget-minded cluster
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