Mick Thompson and Tyler White win Alcatel-Lucent iPad App competition
Mick Thompson and Tyler White took first place and $10,000 in an Alcatel-Lucent contest to develop an iPad app using the Alcatel-Lucent location based service API. The app they made puts your friends (using smart and non-smart phones) on a map using new location-getting techniques and shows the closest Flickr image to their location. Mick (Collecta) and Tyler (Legend Apps) submitted the app named “Peer Peer” – named for it’s verb-noun meaning. For more information about the competition, visit the Alcatel-Lucent website.
Calling Technologists & Artists
On June 17-19, the Santa Fe Complex launched the first stage of a permanent installation demonstrating the power of ambient computing. Now that the launch is past, the Complex is inviting technologists and artists to come work with the Complex team to invent next-generation computer interfaces. The first state of this ambient computing demonstration featured works demonstrating new concepts in digital projection mapping and human/computer interaction.
The Complex was completely mapped in digital projection, and the projections were monitored by interactive sensors for human interaction and play through the use of Android mobile phones, iPhones/iPads, Wii controllers, and laser pointers. more…
ABQ Journal Reports on WPI Analysis
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students working at the Santa Fe Complex for the past seven weeks made the front page of the Albuquerque Journal North for their analysis of what it might take for Santa Fe to someday operate its own electricity grid.
The Journal reports that one goal behind the idea is “the ability of the city to more quickly meet sustainability goals, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing renewable energy use.” more…
ABQ Journal Headlines WPI Project
A team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) students working at the Santa Fe Complex made headlines in the Albuquerque Journal North for their work on the St. Michaels’ Drive redevelopment project.
The Journal reports that the student group is “spending two months this spring collecting information and creating tools for a long-term municipal project aimed at turning St. Mike’s into a ‘boulevard’ reminiscent of those seen in Europe’s greatest cities.” more…
We will miss you, James
James Brody 1941-2010: Composer and Friend
April 12, 2010: We learned the tragic news that James Brody was killed yesterday in an auto accident (news article). We have lost a good friend. James was a composer of electronic music for more than 40 years and would generously share his deep knowledge and talents with anyone fortunate enough to spend time with him. You can listen to some of James’s work on his myspace page or through his website. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. Take care, James.
New Mexican Profiles WPI Projects
The April 5, 2010, Santa Fe New Mexican profiles the work of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) teams working for seven weeks this spring at the Santa Fe Complex. The article cites their projects as work that “might one day benefit the city of Santa Fe, which is considering a couple of long-range ideas for revamping St. Michael’s Drive and creating a municipal-owned power utility.” For the full article, click here.
Santa Fe Complex Awarded NSF Grant
The Santa Fe Complex is part of the New Mexico “brain trust,” along with the University of New Mexico and the Institute of American Indian Arts, awarded $597,220 in funding from the National Science Foundation’s Partnership for Innovation program.
The grant will fund the development of the hardware and software that make it possible to use “fulldome immersive environments”–such as the LodeStar planetarium at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science–to help people visualize, simulate, or experientially comprehend a wide range of information. more…
Pasatiempo Features Manipulated Image
Manipulated Image at the Complex captures the cover story of the March 12 issue of Pasatiempo, the arts and entertainment magazine of the Santa Fe New Mexican. The issue, available on newsstands now, previews the first anniversary of the show, titled “For Action’s Sake,” which is curated by Santa Fe video artist Alysse Stepanian.
NM Business Weekly Cites Simtable Award
In a report on the $100,000 award granted Simtable by Los Alamos National Laboratory, the New Mexico Business Weekly quoted Santa Fe Complex founder Stephen Guerin, who said the grant allows Simtable to “move research developed at the Santa Fe Complex out of a lab environment and into the market for real world validation.”
The article went on to explain that the fund provides seed money to “help northern New Mexico businesses with connections to LANL technology or expertise to further develop their products or services for commercialization.” more…
Simtable Wins $100,000 VAF Award
Simtable, a company that got its start at the Santa Fe Complex, has been selected as the recipient of a $100,000 award from the Los Alamos National Security, LLC Venture Acceleration Fund.
Chip Garner and Stephen Guerin shed new light on wildfire modeling. Photo Credit: Bill Stengel
Simtable is a technology developed for wildfire training, incident command, and community outreach that combines hardware and software to create simulations on sand. more…
