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April 15, 2013
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"Have you ever jaywalked, exceeded the speed limit, lingered in a parking space beyond the time you paid for or broken rules in a minor way? Would you want to pay for these infractions? When everything is connected, nothing can be hidden, particularly when exposure translates into revenue for government agencies, businesses or entrepreneurs. Would an insurance company pay to know if its health insurance clients keep only unhealthy food in their refrigerators, so it could mitigate a higher risk of health problems with higher premiums? Count on it. This is the world the Internet of Things makes possible."

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The Internet Of Pointless, Perilous Things - Hardware - Peripherals

Really good points here. Makes me worried ;(

(via futuristgerd)

(via futuristgerd)

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November 26, 2012

we are not alone…

I added a robot character to learn scripting and waypoints.

Here’s the update

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November 19, 2012

Flak Jacket Update

  • I’m learning colliders in Unity3d. I added a mesh collider for the camera and for the ATLAS bldg. 
  • Increased the walking speed 
  • Moved the small pond down to the ground.
  • Downloaded Unity 4
Check out the progress here

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June 21, 2012
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Knight News Challenge Round 2: Fire Hose: The Center for Social Media Data

newschallenge:

1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]

To establish a national non-profit center for social-media data access, analytics, and consulting to serve media researchers and journalists.

2. How will your project make data more useful? [50 words]

Through the distribution of nano-grants in data…

(Source: newschallenge2)

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April 30, 2012

Added SkyBox and ATLAS building

I added a cool skybox and found CU-Boulder’s ATLAS building on 3D Warehouse.  Discovered the texture’s for colladas are all named the same so they can get mixed up. I’ll upload an updated binary when I get a moment.

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April 26, 2012

Flak Jacket: An educational “first-person shooter” video game for journalists on dangerous assignments

I have been tinkering around with Unity 3D and today I have a really rough cut of a FPS shooter.  It’s pretty easy to add 3D objects, mountains, and tress. I grabbed the camcorder from Google’s Sketchup 3D Warehouse. I’ll credit the designer when I find the link again.