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Post by alasano »

pcmaffey wrote: post #200

https://www.bicycl.com Bicycl is a calendar for your life's work. Record what you learn and accomplish each day (or week, month, etc). Organize these micronotes into stories of progress over time. See lots of cool data come to life. Screenshots coming. I'm testing things out right now in beta, but if you want to give it a twirl, I can send out a few invitations to first comers. A couple notes: As someone who's strugg…

I'd love an invitation, gonna request an invite on your website to try out your product.

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Post by rdoherty »

LLG wrote: post #215
rdoherty wrote: post #211

https://www.race-capture.com Realtime telemetry for race and street cars. Open source firmware, hardware and mobile app. https://github.com/autosportlabs . Our tech is used by many people, from car enthusiasts, to professional race teams to even race boats that go nearly 200mph. I focus mainly on the website and telemetry infrastructure. It's awesome because we work with people who are passionate about racing, we tru…

Does this work for motorcycles as well?

It can, as long as it has power. By default RaceCapture/Pro and RaceCapture have built-in GPS (location, speed, altitude) and a 6 axis accelerometer (x/y/z accel, roll/pitch/yaw). So all you'd need is power to get that data.

RaceCapture/Pro has 7 analog inputs, timer inputs, digital I/O and PWM inputs. Also it has 2 CANbus connections and a serial connection. So if you want to hook up more stuff directly you can. RaceCapture/Pro can be a little big depending on the motorcycle.

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Post by muraiki »

archagon wrote: post #127

Composer's Sketchpad — http://composerssketchpad.com It's basically an iPad sequencer with the UI of a drawing app. You're given a canvas that can be panned and zoomed like any scroll view, with a grid indicating time on the horizontal axis and pitch on the vertical axis. You draw notes with your finger, and although you can snap to the grid like in most sequencers, you can also choose to start your notes at any poin…

You might enjoy this; it uses a similar visual representation, but for sample playback: http://at.or.at/hans/solitude/

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Post by tixocloud »

wsvincent wrote: post #74
tixocloud wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome. It'd be a huge value if you can really help parents understand the scores and how to interpret them instead of giving a flat result with no explanation.

Thanks for this feedback. We will add info on this. Perhaps a high-level overview and then a detailed one for parents that are interested in delving deeper.

No problem - it was something folks shared with us when we soft launched. Good luck!

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Post by satyajitranjeev »

I'm working on an extensible notes platform for the web. Its called Saola: https://saola.in. There are several platforms that you can store notes/text etc in. Saola differs from them in the fact that it provides you a scriptable environment also. You can write JavaScript scripts to create/update/delete notes/text.

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Post by numbsafari »

wsvincent wrote: post #67
numbsafari wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any thoughts on providing special scores for: - Special needs students. This could be a really active community for you. - Arts/Music/Theater programs and participation rates. - Innovative educational programs. One of the HS I attended had an on-campus fish hatchery that was almost entirely student run, it also had a professional choral program--as in, students in the "varsity chorus" got paid professional rates for…

I completely agree that standardized test scores aren't the only thing parents are looking for. The main issue is: What other data set is there that exists state/nationally given we're working with 100,000+ schools? -Special needs: Hadn't considered this, but the data is there to break out numbers and performance of special needs students. Are there other factors we should consider? - Arts/Music/Sports etc: Yes, woul…

> What other data set is there that exists state/nationally given we're working with 100,000+ schools?

You could try to crowdsource this information, or contact schools in an effort to get them to self report.

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Post by needz »

0xdeadbeefbabe wrote: post #177
needz wrote: post #169

Pindigo - Social score-tracking for pinball players. We're building an app to provide the first non-forum social network for pinball players. - Score logging w/ image uploads - Machine look-up w/ links to third-party resources - Likes, comments, and following - Score timelines, analytics, and leaderboards. - Oauth integration of the world's leading pinball forum, Pinside - Plenty of stuff in the works! After 5 months…

Does it play "Pinball Wizard"[0] at some point? [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKbUm8GrbM

No, but there's a cow-themed easter egg. :)

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Post by jbpetersen »

nategraves wrote: post #109

Personally: http://pentacular.com - Draw/paint a song. I think it's fun to play with. Professionally: https://tailorbrands.com - Algorithmically designed logos and branding assets. It's great for side projects, inspiration, or any other situation where you want something quick and usable.

Some examples for tailorbrands that don't require interaction would be nice.
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