Project Canary Lands
Project Canary is the project that I’ve been working on in my User Interface Design & Implementation class–CS465.
Basically the idea is to have a server that sits on a wireless network searching for open DAAP shares. The server plays back music for a room full of people, attempting to select the most acceptable music for the group. How you ask? That sharp looking Dashboard Widget above is running on each of the laptops around the room, letting each user enter their musical preferences and their choices be known. Volume is also controlled collaboratively.
I’m pretty proud of the functional prototype we’ve implemented here; it’s certainly not ready for prime time, but with a bit of work, I think there is real potential.
Feel free to download and setup the prototype from the Project Canary project page.
This is really, really cool. And an awesome idea at that. Way to go.
Comment by kbx81 — December 7, 2006 @ 10:08 am
that’s awesome joey. it looks fantastic.
Comment by charlie — December 8, 2006 @ 11:29 am
That was one of my favorite classes. Second to cs598rej
Comment by Jay Tuley — December 11, 2006 @ 9:29 pm
Jay,
Cool. I really liked it. Next semester I’m doing cs565, and then next spring I’m taking cs598rej; I’m afraid it’ll be too much of a load next semester.
Comment by Joey — December 17, 2006 @ 11:20 pm