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Google map, Flickr image mashup for student guide to campus and local areas

Goal: Web application that allows students to upload images, movies, and comments to a Flex application that displays all information on a local Google Map. Users should be able to ‘sketch’ paths, routes, buildings as well as adding comments, movies etc. … Continue reading

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Web application: Photo Editor

Idea: Web application that implements some of Photoshop, Gimp etc. – the most interesting ones being those that are highly interactive (and hence client-side processing) e.g. cutting out and compositing foreground figures and fitting 3D virtual rooms etc. Skills required … Continue reading

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Cool/fun/wacky Web/Mobile app: Your Idea

Idea: Anything that you want to do for a Web application that’s legal and is challenging enough to provide good marks for a 4th year project. But it must have a clearly defined set of potential users and be of … Continue reading

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3D Texture Generator Web App

Idea Web application that allows users to synthesise 3D surface textures such as rock, stone, tiles, brushed metal, weaves, wood grain, marble etc. Project This project would develop a set of Flex components (in ActionScript) and Flex’s automatic layout tools … Continue reading

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Virbro-tactile feedback on iPad

The texture lab is doing research into using multi-touch gestures and interactive video to provide digital presentations of deformable (squashy) objects and flexible materials. This project would use the iPad’s vibration device and sound to feedback extra ‘feeling’ of the … Continue reading

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Fully Funded PhD Scholarship

We now have a fully funded PhD scholarship available in crowd-sourcing for design feedback click here. This has now been offered to a candidate.

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New EPSRC Project

We’ve been awarded the ICT Perspectives project. Its a £180k pan-ICT Network to provide alternative views on EPSRC’s ICT profolio. Start date 1 June 2011.

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ICT Next Decade Report

‘ICT Research – The Next Decade’ Report and video now on EPSRC site.

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