Tag: android
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Doris: Lobster mapping
A new project, coming from Borrowed Scenery’s Zizim project, converted into a scientific research tool in collaboration with the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Exeter University and Helsinki University. Doris is named after the sea nymph from Greek mythology, and will be used for mapping Lobster catches on fishing boats so researchers working…
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Touchscreen programming
As more and more people use touchscreens, it still irks me that we lack good ways of programming “on” devices reliant on them (i.e. native feeling – rather than modified text editors). As a result they seem designed entirely around consumption of software (see also the “The coming war on general-purpose computing”). So lets make…
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Building a mobile patabotanical instrument
Modding the boskoi android app for borrowed scenery, simplifying the interface and adding some patabotanical flourishes. Trying different designs with mockups: The results so far:
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Shaving yaks on android
Mostly my android experience has been good so far, it’s been very quick to get things running and be fairly productive. It doesn’t come without it’s share of yak shaving though. I’ve spent quite a lot of time trying to get remote debugging of native code working with my phone (a HTC desire) with little…