Developer Labs

Haptics: First impressions of the Novint Falcon

Posted by on Apr 10, 2010 in code, haptics, technology | Comments Off

Haptic feedback has been in the process of coming of age for a good long time. Logitech released the force-feedback iFeel mouse (I swear I...

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Accessing local-network-only web pages from outside the firewall

Posted by on Apr 10, 2010 in linux, Uncategorized | Comments Off

VPNs aren’t as painless as they ought to be, and setting one up purely in order to get at web pages that have been hidden behind a...

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Dev8D Preview and QR Codes

Posted by on Feb 4, 2010 in featured, news, technology | Comments Off

We tested the QR Code facility in this year’s Dev8D booklet… here’s a sneak...

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writeslike.us: identity information from repository metadata

Posted by on Dec 15, 2009 in project, writeslike.us | 1 comment

Screenshots or diagram of prototype: Searching for a person Choosing an...

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Value Add

Posted by on Dec 3, 2009 in jiscwriteslike.us, Uncategorized, writeslike.us | Comments Off

Probably the most important thing I discovered in this project was the importance of ‘crowdsourced’ data in filling in the gaps...

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