The 5th
Annual
NC
Undergraduate
Summer Research Symposium
Design Tech REU
Abstracts are listed in
alphabetical order by the last name of the corresponding author.
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Crenshaw, Matthew R. Horne, Larry J. Bens, Samantha R. |
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Home Institution: |
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Program: |
Design Tech
REU |
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Department(s): |
Computer Science Art and Design |
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Research |
Benjamin Watson/Computer
Science Pat Fitzgerald/Art and Design |
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Title of Presentation: |
Visualization of Real-time
Data from RSS Feeds Using Processing |
(RSS) feeds are used to quickly
see a summarized list of all recent content on a website. The main objective of
this year's DesignTech program is to visually depict these feeds using
Processing, an open source programming language used to easily create
interactive graphics, much like Adobe's Flash tool. For our project, we chose
to build a tool that allowed users to monitor feeds in the background while
performing other tasks. We have created several prototypes varying information
displayed as well
as visual designs, using several elements to identify the source, age and value
of the information being displayed. Some information sources include: Amazon.com, Google News, CNN, BBC News and Craigslist. The several visual
designs we have
experimented with include 2D designs using floating text "rain
drops," ticker tapes, as well as 3D designs using spheres and z-axis
positioning.
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Student Author(s): |
Levesque, Angela M. Mohr, Michelle L. |
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Home Institution: |
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Program: |
Design Tech REU |
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Department(s): |
Computer Science Art and Design |
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Research |
BenjaminWatson/Computer Science Pat Fitzgerald/Art and
Design |
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Title of Presentation: |
Virtual Window Shopping |
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
feeds are a tool on the Internet that notifies users about changes in websites
such as online newspapers, directories, or blogs. The
goal of this summer’s DesignTech program is to
visually represent RSS feeds using the interactive design language, Processing
1.0. The main objective of this project is to represent feeds from online
stores and exchanges, such as amazon, ebay, and craigslist. We
construct a virtual store or gallery using images and information from the
feeds to create an environment for users to browse the products. Since not all
feeds contain images the current prototype finds photographs in the online
image directory flickr. Eventually the prototype will
depict feeds from ebay, because this site includes links to
photographs in its feeds. The application imagery is a hallway created by
images on the walls that move past the viewer. These images represent theproducts that the user is “shopping” for. The user can then change categories and receive a new set of
images and feeds.
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