projects (john boiles dot com)

KinectWings

04-May-12 11:36. Comments(0) Filed under: None

If you could have any superpower, what would it be? If you're like me, it'd be the power to fly. I'm a software engineer; I make things happen by writing code. So I wrote a Mac app that allows you to control a quadcopter by flapping your arms like wings! Read more...

Looking Glass

15-May-11 00:49. Comments(0) Filed under: None

A project for Yelp's fourth hackathon to create a virtual telepresence window using head-tracking and a wide angle webcam. Relevant video starts at 2:48. Read more...

Kinect + Garry's Mod

11-Mar-11 01:29. Comments(0) Filed under: None

A proof-of-concept project to get Kinect/OpenNI skeletal data into Garry's Mod to control ragdolls and other entities. Read more...

Kegmate: iPad-connected Beer

11-Mar-11 01:22. Comments(0) Filed under: None

For Yelp's Summer Hackathon, a few other engineers and I outfitted a keg with a flow meter, temperature sensor, card reader, and an iPad for an even more social tech beer expience. Read more...

iPhone RC Car + Video Streaming

11-Mar-11 01:15. Comments(0) Filed under: None

For the Dorkbot SXSWi 2010 event, Gabriel Handford and I added a camera to my iPhone controlled RC car (wrtilty) so see what the car was seeing, from the iPhone. Read more...

iPhone-Controlled Oldsmobile

12-Nov-09 13:06. Comments(0) Filed under: None

This is a project I did with Waterloo Labs in October/November 2009 to control an old Oldsmobile Eighty Eight Royale from an iPhone/iPod Touch. Read more...