whats your latest project?

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I'm interested in game programming at the moment but unsure what language and library to go for. Which IDE are you using? I'm quite curious about C++11 as I've heard some good things about it.

I'm making an indoor navigation system for malls, office buildings, university campuses, etc. with a friend. It basically works like a GPS system, except that it navigates via wireless access points instead of satelites. The app will be crossplatform. Here's how the administration panel for the servers look so far:



Some refinement is needed, but all the major functions are implemented. The mobile app uses the stateless HTTP protocol--and the algorithms can traverse several thousand paths in less than a second. We get access to the brand new Cisco equipment to do this.

I'm using vim. Which is just a complicated text editor. If you're on Windows I suggest using Visual Studio. It's a bit overwhelming in all the functionality, but it has syntax highlighting and intellisense. C++11 is just C++ with some added features. Using C++11 makes it a bit easier as you can do stuff like "auto number = 1;"

I really think you should check it out. You can take a look at my blog to check out some programming stuff : http://headerphile.blogspot.no/




Whoah! This is really nice. It would be amazing to have such an app as I tend to get lost in larger malls. My only issues with it is if it will work in any mall? And how precise is it?

Also is this a hobby project? If so, do you have it on github or something?

It'll work in any mall with a Cisco CMX and multiple access points. It's for a thesis, and will be used by Evry ASA afterwards, so I'm not going to publish it yet. How precise it is, depends on how many access points there are, but our current tests show that it's quite reliable. Dijkstra's algorithm can also guarantee the optimal path everytime.

Well I have 3 projects going on right now. My first project is designing a governor device for controlling generators with. Unlike the stock governor that's found on all generators, this one is designed to keep the 60Hz mains frequency accurate enough so that electric clocks can maintain accurate time. Im doing this project for a rural village that has about 500 people and gets their electricity from two large diesel generators that both run on both diesel and used motor oil(They mostly use used motor oil since its free and they only have to pay the cost of delivering it to their site.). Unlike grid power. The mains frequency that comes from a generator is proportional to the rpm's of which the engine runs and as the load on the generator changes (As well as a lot of other factors), this can cause the engine's speed to fluctuates a little bit and although the governor on the generator does a good job of trying to keep the engine running at a constant speed, it's not good enough for electric clocks as electric clocks rely on the accuracy of the mains frequency to keep accurate time.

Here is a video I shot while doing research into developing this governor device. There not much to see since all I am doing is describing that I am doing and doen't talk about the actual governor device.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=sroE9rtrNRM[/youtube]

The next project is nothing new, It's my dancing water fountain and and it is something I've been working on for a long time and I've posted up on WrongPlanet a few times. What is new is that I've been invited to show is off at the Bay area Maker Faire this year. So I need to take some time in programs some non-Christmas shows into its since I normally use it for my front yard Christmas display.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=QiR_XlUwiCo[/youtube]

The last project I am working on is I am trying to build a radio controlled robot for the upcoming IT convention we are having here in my our town. The local university has one that they take their every year and I am thinking that since I am an aspie and that socializing in crowded situations can be stressful, I'm thinking that building a robot and talking to people remotely might be an interesting way to cope with sensory and social phobia issues.