Amazon Sellers LA
https://www.meetup.com/Amazon-Seller-Meetup-Los-Angeles/
I remotely organized a monthly meetup in Los Angeles, CA with over 250 members.
FeelVision
https://devpost.com/software/feelvision
FeelVision is a navigation tool built for the blind, who would normally rely on using white canes to walk. Using Leap Motion IR cameras and Pebble Smartwatch haptic feedback, we introduce a cane-free navigation environment while giving the blind ability to recognize what is in front of them through computer vision technology.
This hackathon project won "Best Use of IBM Bluemix" at PennApps XII.
Software Used:
Pebble Smartwatch
for haptic feedbackLeap Motion
for infrared camerasIBM Bluemix
for object detection and classificationPython
for scripting
VRoom-VRoom
https://devpost.com/software/vroom-vroom
VRoom-VRoom is an immersive user experience that integrates virtual reality via an Oculus Rift. The user controls a miniature vehicle trapped inside a tabletop maze with the objective of finding the treasure hidden at the center of the labyrinth.
This project won "Best Hardware Hack" at Hoya Hacks in Washington, D.C.
Software Used:
Python
for scriptingHTML
andCSS
to build the webpageCardboard
to build the maze (not software)
libmyolinux
https://devpost.com/software/linux-driver-for-myo-armband
We found out that the Myo Armband did not have native Linux support - so we decided to provide it!
We reverse engineered the bluetooth protocol of the armband to provide a shared C library, libmyolinux, which allows the raw packet data to be interpreted and displayed to the user.
This project won the Grand Prize at HackUMBC Fall 2014.
Software used:
Python
for scriptingPygame
to build the interactive demoC
to process packet dataThalmic Myo Armband
to get gesture data
Eldritch Esbat
https://www.jshel.co/things/8-nose-hanging-on-physics-building
Hung an 8 foot tall paper-mache nose from the side of the Physics building.