Developer Labs

Installation notes on ipython-notebook

Posted by on Apr 4, 2013 in linux | Comments Off

ipython-notebook is a nice piece of kit, a sort of user-friendly pocket web interface slash gui for mucking around with Python. According...

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PIMMS workshop, Bristol: Web engineering for research data management

Posted by on Feb 14, 2013 in JISC, news | Comments Off

I’m attending the PIMMS (Portable Infrastructure for Metafor Metadata System) workshop today, in an anonymous office off...

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Streaming video with VLC

Posted by on Jul 12, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Occasionally one wants to stream video for various reasons, whether it’s within the institutional network or a live feed from a...

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HCI in the Chemistry Lab

Posted by on Mar 1, 2012 in featured, JISC, project, technology | Comments Off

As part of the Smart Online Framework (SRF) project, today saw the first of several sessions geared to usability analysis of...

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Detecting motion: DLP-TILT 2-axis accelerometer

Posted by on Dec 15, 2011 in accelerometer, code, ebooks, featured, JISC, Project Sunflower, technology | Comments Off

Using an accelerometer to assess musculoskeletal stresses Accelerometers are helpful for characterising device usage and detecting the mode...

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