Yesterday we finished the Android app for AQAb. The last bit of development went very smoothly. I’m very happy with it. The final interface differs a little from my design. It now uses a connect button to connect to or disconnect from Bluetooth. For sending the data to internet we used a nice toggle button […]
Category Archives: AQAb
mobile app development started
Finally! Last Friday we made a start with developing the AQAb mobile app. I travelled to Apeldoorn and arrived at Qbus where I was welcomed by the nice staff and a hearth! Hugo was pretty quick to make a Bluetooth connection to the Bluesmirf module. It was simpler then he thought and we only had […]
financial support
Recently I received confirmation that my subsidy application has been granted! The subsidy covers most of the costs I have to make to develop a mobile application. This is what the app will look like on my new Android phone: It’s basic but the visualisations are on the wearable itself and on the web maps. […]
Exit Pys60 enter Java
I’ve picked up AQAb again after a long break. The first thing I have to solve is the data communication between the Arduino and the phone. Unfortunately I just can’t get Python to work on my mobile. That is, the Bluetooth functionality keeps giving the error 13, permission denied. I’m just fed up with it. […]
ISEA2010 excursion to Eindhoven
Photo: Boudewijn Bollmann This is me presenting my AQAb wearable and the Digitale Werkplaats Den Bosch at the ISEA2010 excursion in Eindhoven at Baltan Laboratories, August 25th. It was an inspiring day. Nice to meet interested people from all over the world.
promotion
For a long time I’ve been thinking about a promotion pack for my different projects. I’d like to be able to give interested people a reminder of my work. I’ve decide to make a package of business cards that I can put in a small envelop or sleeve. The nice thing is that I’ll be […]
Live
Last week a major hurdle was taken for this project. 1) I held my presentation for a very interested audience of around 200 students from the Design Academy in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. I was very nervous but once I got started things went OK. I only had 10 minutes so I focussed on the design […]
Win some, lose some
I’ve been working really hard the last weeks. I’ve started to develop the Flash web application. I started with the calendar part which gets all the different days from the database and presents a nice, scrollable and selectable list of days. The user can choose from which days she wants to see data. They are […]
Presentations
Now the biggest part of building the wearable is done it’s time to work on presentations. Two weeks ago we did a video and photo shoot of all the pieces. I brought my model Hans to make sure I get consistent documentation. After some discussion we decided to film and take pictures outside. As my […]
Non-emissive displays v2
The last couple of weeks I’ve been continuously working on the wiring of the displays. The first challenge was to prevent the naked wires touching the conductive fabric underneath. In the morning I had another brain wave: I should isolate the wires instead of the fabric. After talking to the salesman in my favourite electronics […]