If you don’t know what the Oculus Rift (OR) is, it is a virtual reality (VR) headset that covers your eyes blocking out any sight other than what it’s embedded screens show you. The OR tracks your head movements and where you are in space which is mimicked on the screens in front of you. The OR … Continue reading “Oculus Rift: Analysis and potential use in Higher Education”
Guidelines for Submission of Mobile Apps – Sunday 21st Feb 2016
The final submission deadline is Sunday 21st February 2016 (this has now been extended from the original deadline of Friday 19th February) Please see below for instructions on what and how to submit your work at this stage: For working prototypes or working apps: Please email the executable files of your app in a zip file to itinnovation@contacts.bham.ac.uk. Please … Continue reading “Guidelines for Submission of Mobile Apps – Sunday 21st Feb 2016”
New industrial sponsor for SMAC 2015-2016
IT Innovation Centre has managed to secure a new industrial sponsor for the competition winners. Therefore, together with industrial placements in IBM and Deutsche Bank, Whitbread will be offering two paid 12 week summer internships at their Digital Development office in Farringdon, London. The office is a brand new venture for Whitbread. They do both front … Continue reading “New industrial sponsor for SMAC 2015-2016”
Personal safety app: an evaluation of the Companion app and comparison to other safety apps
The Companion app (http://www.companionapp.io) is a free personal safety mobile app created by five students from the University of Michigan, MI, USA. It enables users to invite friends or family members to monitor their journey and check their safety via an online map, without the need for their friends or family members to install the Companion app. Companion … Continue reading “Personal safety app: an evaluation of the Companion app and comparison to other safety apps”
An Overview of MATLAB and other mathematics modelling tools
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and programming language. It is a commercial software owned by MathWorks, and is widely used in teaching and research. Although MATLAB has a campus agreement which grants the University unlimited usage of the core MATLAB product and a limited selection of toolboxes, the yearly subscription costs in excess of £100k. In this … Continue reading “An Overview of MATLAB and other mathematics modelling tools”
Student Mobile App Competition 2015-2016
The SMAC competition – run by the IT Innovation Centre – is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University from technical and non-technical backgrounds. There are two ways to take part: Option 1: Enter an innovative idea for an app and a story board with the design of your app and how it … Continue reading “Student Mobile App Competition 2015-2016”
Myo armband and 3D objects
Electromyography or EMG is a medical technique used for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by muscles. Thalmic Labs adopted its technology in its armband Myo, which tracks a user’s muscle movements to interact with displays and computer programs. The main purpose of this project is to explore the Myo armband technology in gesture control, and … Continue reading “Myo armband and 3D objects”
Time Recording System Evaluation
Resource planning and managing the supply of suitable resources is critical to the success of delivery. One of the main constraints within IT Services is the lack of the consistent mechanism for tracking resource commitments. Following the PWC survey on IT Service, we hope to adopt a resource management and time recording system to better prioritizing projects … Continue reading “Time Recording System Evaluation”
Google glass review
After a few years of prototype and developer version, Google finally released its retail version Google Glass. In this review, a high level overview of Google glass is introduced, and then followed by testing Google glass in the university environment. Google glass has invoked a lot of interest in different research area, some of the particular research … Continue reading “Google glass review”
Excitor G/On evaluation
The aim of this experiment is to evaluate the feasibility of replacing the secured laptops with computer-on-a-stick (G/On Solution) in some business circumstances. We aim to evaluate the G-On solution in the following areas in the experiment: • User Acceptance Testing: whether it is easy enough to use for end user • Reliability Testing: does the … Continue reading “Excitor G/On evaluation”