新车间 [XinCheJian]

Date: Jan. 11, 2012, Wednesday Time: 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM Language: English Instructor: Tapan Thaker, a freelancer/student from Mumbai, India, who is developing Android applications since past 2 years which also includes apps for political parties, One Android game (ICE Hockey), and a application “Proximity Plus Plus” . Why Android ? With more than 200 million activations of android , it captures a large mobile market . Also android programming will help you utilize your skills on Accessory Development Kit (ADK) which in turn will help you hack even more !! Note: This is not a workshop about the ADK it will cover only the basic programs and concepts to get you started with Android Topics covered in the workshop : 1) Basics of Android 2) Hello World 3) A Simple Calculator 4) Basic Paint Program Prerequisites for attendees: 1) Knowledge of any one programming language 2) Understanding of Object-Oriented concepts Before coming for the workshop, please prepare: 1) Install Android SDK Release 11 (decompress in your home folder) 2) Install and run Eclipse 3.6.2 3) Install Eclipse extensions (using Help > Install new software) 4) Install ADT 10.0.1 into eclipse: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/ 5) Set Eclipse ADT preference to point to your SDK: Window > Preferences > Android > SDK location 6) Goto Windows > Android SDK  Manager  and install Android 2.1]]>

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Checkout Lutz new robot platform.. this thing waves at you, nothing beats a productive Sunday afternoon.

The little guy gets a fancy photoshoots treatment with beauty!

今天的机器人比赛也许是今年最后一次的常规比赛，因为即将到来的节日等，新赛季的召开将在明年1月才会开始吧。 本次比赛，DFRobot派出了Ricky带着他的HCR机器人以及Rockets的坦克机器人，Paul的丛林王及子游的鳄鱼机器人参加了比赛。 子游的鳄鱼机器人（利用lego机器人搭建）勇猛无比，延续了手动组利用facetime进行视频传输的操作模式，但遗憾的是，操控性上有点问题，这次未能取得好成绩。 Paul的丛林王(由玩具车改造）依然延续着快速敏捷的特点，在稳定性上也有所提升，但是运气稍差，我相信，如果不是运气问题，Paul也许会获得成功。 Rockets的坦克机器人（PR5地盘+ardunio）已经好久没有出战，这次的比赛显然状态并不是很好，程序有点问题，稍后我将放出比赛的程序及我的策略给大家批评指正。很高兴，比赛中我的机器人在“大家”的帮助下，终于完成了两圈的比赛。 HCR机器人是本次比赛当之无愧的冠军，不管是从体型还是速度，还是策略都是这次比赛中最厉害的。从遥控操作的体验来看，亮度较高的情况下，视频基本上无法看清，和facetime比较效果较差，但不妨碍顺利操作。总之顺利获得了本次比赛的第一名。Ricky在几年未参赛的情况下，亲自操作HCR，玩的很high。恭喜Ricky获得本次的冠军。]]>

新车间里来了鲸男，来自imlab的鲸男。是国内较早使用arduino并将arduino用于艺术领域的第一人。鲸男这次来新车间介绍了他之前的有趣的工作，并将其在日本留学期间的一些感受与大家进行了分享。最后鲸男介绍了今后imlab将要进行的工作，他和他的团队将就改善现有生活而进行设计，并进行原型开发，最终造福大众。鲸男及其团队最近将在上海进行调研，参加各种活动。imlab将会参加一系列的活动，并可能于下周到开源硬件厂商DFRobot进行沟通交流。

接下来Bryan介绍了开放的独立游戏开发游戏，并邀请大家到现场进行体验。

会后大家分开对各自关心的事情进行了互动和交流。

Edward展示了如何手工制造线路板。

Alex继续安装reprap，下个月，rockets会带巧克力来，我们要试验下“巧克力打印机”的可能性。

The drinks are a bit pricey and it’s only one arcade cabinet right now, but we obviously love the idea of an arcade-themed bar!  The games are from the Winnitron Indie Game Arcade Network – you may remember the talk last Wednesday at XinCheJian by Bryan Ma. We particularly liked Paper Moon from Infinite Ammo although it’s a single player game.

Arcade: 57 Fuxing east road (corner Yongfu road) in Shanghai.

We’re definitely due for a resurgence of arcades… At XCJ, Lio is helping doing our part by building our own game cabinet (based on Commodore 64 games).

Bryan Ma on Winnitron machine.

2. A small drop of water. I use water from the aeroponic tank.

Location:Xuanhua Rd,Shanghai,China

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