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Open-Source Material DISPLAX Multitouch Technology . DISPLAX is a polymer film that consists of embedded nanowires. Touch and air cause electric disturbance that is decoded onto a grid that tracks movement. .
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Open-Source Material DISPLAX Multitouch Technology DISPLAX is a polymer film that consists of embedded nanowires. Touch and air cause electric disturbance that is decoded onto a grid that tracks movement. PHYS.ORG. Multitouch ‘Skin’ Transforms Surfaces Into Interactive Screens. Phys.Org. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://phys.org/news184356636.html
Open-Source Material DISPLAX Multitouch Technology DISPLAX is a polymer film that can be applied to a variety of materials and be made into an interactive screen PHYS.ORG. Multitouch ‘Skin’ Transforms Surfaces Into Interactive Screens. Phys.Org. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://phys.org/news184356636.html
Open-Source Material DISPLAX Multitouch Technology The screen is intended to be used by a variety of users. The polymer can be applied to LCD screens which will allow LCD producers to make their products interactive. It can also be adapted for gamming and audiovisual professionals as well as advertisers. PHYS.ORG. Multitouch ‘Skin’ Transforms Surfaces Into Interactive Screens. Phys.Org. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://phys.org/news184356636.html
Open-Source Material DISPLAX Multitouch Technology The polymer screen currently recognizes touch and breath. The screen can read up to 16 fingers but is still being developed. PHYS.ORG. Multitouch ‘Skin’ Transforms Surfaces Into Interactive Screens. Phys.Org. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://phys.org/news184356636.html
Open-Source Code Android Android has begun a project that is making a code available for the average person to create applications. The hope is to prevent mass companies from controlling application production. Android. Open Source Project. http://source.android.com/
Open-Source Code Android Android has a step by step process to help users access information and develop application codes and alter existing codes using a variety of programming languages. Android. Open Source Project. http://source.android.com/
Open-Source Code Android Android. Open Source Project. http://source.android.com/
Open-Source Education Class2Go Massive Online Open Courses are under investigation as a solution to the current overpriced education system. Currently, there is 1 trillion dollars in student debt. While MIT, Harvard, and UC Burkeley have worked on a MOOC platform, but Stanford is currently studying how to expand online learning to make it more interactive. Hot Topics. Class2Go: Stanford’s New Open-Source Platform For Online Education. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/class2go-stanfords-new-open-source-platform-for-online-education/
Open-Source Education Class2Go The site is ultimately intended to by run by professors and students and rely on existing programs such as Khan, Piazza, YouTube, Python Django, Amazon AWS, Opscode and Github. The source will be free and professors are encouraged to contribute to coding. Hot Topics. Class2Go: Stanford’s New Open-Source Platform For Online Education. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/class2go-stanfords-new-open-source-platform-for-online-education/
Open-Source Education Class2Go Professors can track students use and alter their program depending on how students react to content. Hot Topics. Class2Go: Stanford’s New Open-Source Platform For Online Education. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/class2go-stanfords-new-open-source-platform-for-online-education/
Open-Source Education Class2Go Hot Topics. Class2Go: Stanford’s New Open-Source Platform For Online Education. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/17/class2go-stanfords-new-open-source-platform-for-online-education/
Open-Source City Planning and Environmental Comprehension Open Plans Open Plans offers a variety of interactive software that allows users to access information about their cities and contribute information that will help cities develop. Open Plans. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://openplans.org/work/opentripplanner/
Open-Source City Planning and Environmental Comprehension Open Plans The first platform offered by open plans is OpenTripPlanner. The platform is for agencies that have access to General Transit Feed Specification data. OTP works with OpenStreetMap, DEM-elevation data, GTFS, and supports Bike System, and City Bike.es API formats. All of these can show traffic and information about streets, and bike and pedestrian paths. Open Plans. OpenTripPlanner. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://openplans.org/work/opentripplanner/
Open-Source City Planning and Environmental Comprehension Open Plans The second platform Shareabouts is meant to be an interactive platform. People can add voice and suggestions about locations to other users. Suggested uses are for bikeshare stations, wayfinding, community mapping, emergency mapping, and participatory budgeting. Open Plans. Shareabouts. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://openplans.org/work/opentripplanner/
Open-Source City Planning and Environmental Comprehension Open Plans The third platform is a mass transportation platform that allows users to access real-time information about mass transportation. Similarly they have an open trip planner that gages accessibility and gives information about changes Open Plans. OneBusAway Enterprise. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://openplans.org/work/opentripplanner/
Open-Source City Planning and Environmental Comprehension Open Plans The fifth platform, Planning Press, gives citizens an opportunity to comment on existing transportation and can be used during planning processes. Open Plans. Planning Press. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://openplans.org/work/opentripplanner/
Open-Source City Planning and Environmental Comprehension Open Plans The sixth platform, One Asset Tracker, is used to track traffic noise in order gage the flow of traffic and how effective lighting is in controlling traffic flow. Open Plans. OneAssetTracker. Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://openplans.org/work/opentripplanner/
Open-Source City of the Future Juba Juba is the capital of South Sudan, a new country that is developing rapidly. A conference in Berlin addressed the issue of Juba as a city that can be developed by the people living there. The goal is to have open source production, community, learning, and use. Adam Thomas. Sourcefabric. Juba- the world’s first open source city? Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/community/blog/1257/
Open-Source City of the Future Juba The goal: Create open access to data so that citizens can be involved in their government. Create open networking to encourage freedom of ‘expression’ Create open journalism that is run by the people Create an economy based on data sourced off of the public Create ‘peer’ run education Study consists of mict, SUPERMARKET Berlin, and KOW. Current concerns are sustainability of and open source city and the implications of a country that is recovering from war. R0g / agency for open culture and critical transformation. Juba- the world’s first open source city? Accessed 11-26-2012 from http://r0g-media.org/osjuba/