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BP Oil Spill Multi-touch Map Mashup by Ideum

BP Oil Spill Multi-touch Map Mashup by Ideum

BP Oil Spill Multi-touch Map Mashup by Ideum

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:53 PM PDT




In response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the team at Ideum has created a free version of their multi-touch-enabled Google Map and Flickr mashup application to educational organizations, including museums and aquariums.  The information included on the map includes oil spill and fishing restriction data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), along with pictures taken at the scene in and around the region of the spill.

Ideum is a company that "designs and creates interactive computer-based exhibits, multitouch installations, rich Internet applications, and social networking sites for museum and Web visitors. We work closely with museums, nonprofit organizations, and socially responsible companies to create memorable visitor experiences."   Ideum uses their own multi-touch framework called GestureWorks to create interactive applications.

Jim Spadaccini is the director and founder of Ideum. He formerly was the Director of Interactive Media at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

Ideum is working on a version of the program optimized to work on 3M's  22" multi-touch system.  A single-touch version for the web might be available if there is interest.

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BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico Flickr Group

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Raymond.CC Blog - Theming Ubuntu 10.04 To How You See Fit

Raymond.CC Blog - Theming Ubuntu 10.04 To How You See Fit

Theming Ubuntu 10.04 To How You See Fit

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:30 PM PDT


Seeing as a lot of my customization posts are often covering Windows, such as the alternative shells or ways of making Windows look different, I figure it’s time I came back to one of my passions: Linux. And while there is a fair amount that you can still do in Ubuntu that you can’t do [...]

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Raymond.CC Blog - Changing Windows 7 Log In Screen To What You Want

Raymond.CC Blog - Changing Windows 7 Log In Screen To What You Want

Changing Windows 7 Log In Screen To What You Want

Posted: 04 Jul 2010 07:30 PM PDT


I don’t know about anyone else, but the default log in screen for Windows 7 is extremely… bland. After logging in about three or four times, I’m sure a lot of people would agree: as eventful as the default wallpapers can be in Windows 7, and how colourful some of them are, it kinda leaves [...]

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Raymond.CC Blog - DJL – Steam Clone for Linux

Raymond.CC Blog - DJL – Steam Clone for Linux

DJL – Steam Clone for Linux

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 07:30 PM PDT


Recently, someone emailed me to see how you could get Steam going in Linux and I replied with using Wine and PlayOnLinux, which managed to get their copy of Half Life 2 and Left for Dead 2 working, however, with glitches. When he further pressed me for more information on how to get it working [...]

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Kathy Sierra's Awesome Words of Wisdom: Video from Business of Software (in a 2.0-3.0 world)

Kathy Sierra's Awesome Words of Wisdom: Video from Business of Software (in a 2.0-3.0 world)

Kathy Sierra's Awesome Words of Wisdom: Video from Business of Software (in a 2.0-3.0 world)

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 08:23 AM PDT

Is your product, service, or company awesome in the eyes of your beholders? Do you help foster "self-awesomeness" among your users, customers, readers, or audience?

The wisdom of a social media consultant won't sustain core innovation. In this video, Kathy Sierra talks about how to reverse engineer sustainable passion. What superpowers do you give your users? Watch the video to learn about a model that helps people get better. 

The video is about an hour, but worth your time:


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Kathy Sierra is involved with theCreating Passionate Users website, where the bloggers "are all facinated by brains, minds and what science can tell us about the practice of making users passionate about their lives and tools. She is one of the co-creators of the Head First books from O'Reilly. I first learned about Kathy Sierra when I was taking a Java programming class on-line, and needed more resources. She created the JavaRanch website,"a friendly place for Java greenhorns"

By the way, the Head First books are great resources for people who are tech-curious and have an urge to learn to code. I love Head First books and have several on my reference shelves.

Thanks to Lukas Mathis for the link.

"...People are not into your tool, they are into what the tool enables." - Kathy Sierra
"Make them smarter." - Kathy Sierra

Business of Software website
Head First Bloggers' Reading List
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Gesture and object recognition on your kitchen counter: The Oasis Project demo from Intel Labs

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:18 AM PDT

Intel's Oasis system uses object recognition that triggers various applications that generate such things as shopping lists and recipes. The system can handle more than one item of food. It includes videos of how to prepare meals, a great feature for people just starting , or those who are learning to prepare healthier meals.

In my opinion, this sort of application would be useful to people with disabilities that affect memory.



(Previously posted on THE WORLD IS MY INTERACTIVE INTERFACE blog.)
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