From The Lab
Minesweeper solver
Minesweeper has always been a fun little game that you can throw up in your free time that still requires a minimum amount of logical problem solving in order to […]
Using the Fourier Series to Draw SVG Images.
The Fourier Series is a method of approximating a periodic function with a sum of sine waves. This was invented as a means to solve the heat equation, which is […]
Using Build Configs to Change Variables in Android Studio
In Android Studio it is possible define a “Build flavor” to set variables for different configurations of an app. By default there is already 2 build type, release and debug […]
First Apple Watch App!
For my lab day project in December, I decided to try my hand at making an Apple Watch app for our beta DTR app. I followed this tutorial from Ray […]
Automatic Price Detection from a Product Page
I love finding deals online and have been thinking a lot about how to monitor sites during this holiday season. The past few months I’ve been playing around with Google […]
Playing the Blues by the Skin of your Teeth
The Problem While working on projects around our house, my wife Emily and I listen to music using our esteemed Bluetooth speaker. Often times, though, our quest takes us into […]
Procedurally Generated Art from Perlin Noise
I’ve been really interested in procedural generation after seeing all the things it can create. A month before this, on the previous lab day, Andy used a noise function to procedurally […]
Building an FM/RBDS Transmitter using a RasPi Zero
I find it amusing that in this era of abundant personal electronic communication tools, “everyone” still wants to be a broadcaster. More specifically, an FM broadcaster. This belief stems from […]
What is this Caller ID thing?
Every day, billions of telephone users take advantage of an early 1980s technology to help them decide if they want to answer an incoming call. I was fascinated by the […]
Social Graph via Blockchain
Many of my lab day ideas are to explore some new technology. I’ve spent a day with GraphQL, doing image recognition with machine learning using CAFFE, and doing a small […]