Programmer Dale Harvey has created a playable version of Pac-Man using only web standards.
Idee Labs
2010
07.27
07.27
Idée Labs has created a useful set of online image search tools, including a multicolor search that allows you to filter images using a palette of up to ten colors. Using a spectrum color selector, you can pick the colors you are looking for and it will return only photos that contain those colors.
Multicolr Search Lab
With the Multicolr Search Lab you are able to search up to ten different colors from a palette of 120 different shades. The search will filter through three million ‘interesting’ flickr photos or three million Alamy stock photos.
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MonkeyJam – Animation Software
2010
07.25
07.25
MonkeyJam is a digital penciltest program. It is designed to let you capture images from a webcam, camcorder, or scanner and assemble them as separate frames of an animation. You can also import images and sound files already on your computer. Although it is designed for pencil and paper, MonkeyJam can also be used for StopMotion animation and has several features just for that. Movies created in MonkeyJam can be exported as AVI files.
Unity 3D – Game Development
2010
07.24
07.24
Unity is a multiplatform game development tool, designed from the start to ease creation. A fully integrated professional application, Unity just happens to contain the most powerful engine this side of a million dollars.
TED Talks
2010
07.23
07.23
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
Computer Science Education Week
2010
07.22
07.22
Computer Science Education Week, December 5-11, 2010, recognizes that computing:
- Touches everyone’s daily lives and plays a critical role in society
- Drives innovation and economic growth
- Provides rewarding job opportunities
- Prepares students with the knowledge and skills they need for the 21st century
Why is Computer Science Education Important?
- It exposes students to critical thinking
- It is essential for success in the digital age
- Too few students are exposed to opportunities presented by computer science
Educators, parents, policymakers, professionals and students are invited to become part of this important effort by utilizing the valuable resources on this web site.
App Inventor for Android
2010
07.21
07.21
You can build just about any app you can imagine with App Inventor. Often people begin by building games like MoleMash or games that let you draw funny pictures on your friend’s faces. You can even make use of the phone’s sensors to move a ball through a maze based on tilting the phone.
But app building is not limited to simple games. You can also build apps that inform and educate. You can create a quiz app to help you and your classmates study for a test. With Android’s text-to-speech capabilities, you can even have the phone ask the questions aloud.
To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app’s behavior.
Light Bot
2010
07.20
07.20
Description
Control a robot by giving it commands. Use programmer-style logic for more complex levels that include functions to re-use.
Controls
Mouse to drag light-Bot controls into the slots.
Yearbook Yourself
2010
07.16
07.16
Yearbook yourself is a site where you can upload your photo and then get imported into the styles from back in the day. Wonder what you’d look like if you graduated in the 70s? 60s? You can do it here!
Imagining the Internet
2010
07.15
07.15
A Project of the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University
The Imagining the Internet Center’s mission is to explore and provide insights into emerging network innovations, global development, dynamics, diffusion and governance. Its research holds a mirror to humanity’s use of communications technologies, informs policy development, exposes potential futures and provides a historic record. It works to illuminate issues in order to serve the greater good, making its work public, free and open. The center is a network of faculty, students, staff, alumni, advisers and friends working to identify, explore and engage with the challenges and opportunities of evolving communications forms and issues. They investigate the tangible and potential pros and cons of new-media channels through active research. Among the spectrum of issues addressed are power, politics, privacy, property, augmented and virtual reality, control and the rapid changes spurred by accelerating technology. The Imagining the Internet Center sponsors work that brings people together to share their visions for the future of communications and the future of the world.
