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Archive for the ‘Systems & Tools’ Category
The Secret Lives of Projects
The Secret Lives of Projects is a visualisation of the content creation of an Arup project. It is a thought piece around the question “What is the shape of a project?” and links data from a number of sources.
Sensing the city, update three: sensing
This update is in three parts: ‘our approach’; ‘the hardware’; and ’sensing’. This entry is continued from ‘the hardware’.
It turns out few people have Bluetooth turned on and visible by default. When my colleague at Arup Jason McDermott helped create an urban sensing installation in central Sydney (Smart Light Fields) they observed around 8% of [...]
Sensing the city, update two: the hardware
This update is in three parts: ‘our approach’; ‘the hardware’; and ’sensing’. This entry is continued from ‘our approach’.
CRIN have explored some simple hardware platforms, particularly the Gumstix and Beagleboard ’sawn-off’ PCs (strictly, ‘computers-on-module’). Below, a few shots from a recent session discussing the hardware. Be warned, this will get a little geeky.
Note the core [...]
Sensing the city, update one: our approach
This update is in three parts: ‘our approach’; ‘the hardware’; and ’sensing’.
A quick technical update on our mobile phone sensing project with UTS (see earlier post for context). This project is exploring technical approaches to sensing the presence of mobile phones in transit environments (bus, train, ferry etc.) as well as pedestrians, in order to [...]
DesignLink SDK open for collaboration
The DesignLink Software Development toolKit (SDK) is now open via a collaboration agreement
Tweeting
We have started tweeting. The link above is a word cloud generated from the bios of our followers. Follow us @ arupaustralasia
Visual Reports
Late last year, a colleague in Melbourne asked if I knew of a way to animate a Sankey diagram. A Sankey what? thought I
Meta-tooling
The DesignLink SDK can be used to build tools to solve interoperability problems as well as custom tools to use in the design process
MassMotion
MassMotion is software that we use to predict human behaviour within virtual built environments
What we're doing
- Want to see Integrated Design in practice? Have a look inside the big room http://bit.ly/9GMvnp #BIM 1 week ago
- Our latest data vis just went live. Best viewed in IE. http://bit.ly/9knkK0 Shows product demand created by 1200 buildings retrofit project 2010-08-03
- We're sharing the lessons learned from a year of #RevitMEP http://bit.ly/dAjm0N #Revit #BIM 2010-08-02
- Melbourne is open. Meet Russell Jessop, Gerard Healey and Andrew Potts at the Ice House this weekend http://moh.org.au 2010-07-22
- More updates...
What we're reading
- Spit, Glue and Maybe Even Chewing Gum - NYTimes.com
- Artists Make DIY Bike Lane Along Helsinki Thoroughfare - GOOD
- New Cultural District Takes Shape in Hong Kong « The Dirt
- The Suburban General Store | Metropolis Magazine
- ball nogues: cradle installation in santa monica [designboom]
- Looking for a Job on Social Networking Sites - NYTimes.com
- GE Will Try to Reduce Energy Use by 70 Percent in a Few Test Cities - GOOD Blog - GOOD