tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58290231762357557382024-03-08T14:15:07.880-08:00OLPC Physics JamBrian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-3160518473542535132008-09-02T15:11:00.000-07:002008-09-02T16:27:11.378-07:00Final PresentationsRollcats: (<a href="http://www.rollcats.com">rollcats.com</a>)<br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EiAA_51iDMM"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EiAA_51iDMM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bridge">Bridge</a>:<br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WiQa7X57dDw"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WiQa7X57dDw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOlympics">XOlympics</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/5/51/XOlympics.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/5/51/XOlympics.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.justin.tv/physicsjam/217463/XOlympics_presentation__low_quality_OL">Bad (streamed) video of presentation</a><br /><br /><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Babel">Babel</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/0/0b/Babelslingshotscreenshot.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/0/0b/Babelslingshotscreenshot.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.justin.tv/physicsjam/217796/Babel_Presentation">Bad (streamed) video of presentation</a>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-32058450897273729752008-08-31T05:35:00.000-07:002008-08-31T05:46:22.391-07:00The Final Countdown... WAKE UP!!!"I now have new respect for the people who figured out how to make the Segway stand up." -- Eric Jordan, Team Awesome Monkeys, creators of <a href="http://www.rollcats.com/">Rollcats</a><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHtk33scPFg"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PHtk33scPFg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-84487136992509122872008-08-30T16:39:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:46:56.743-07:00Rollcats v1.01 - aka Dean Kamen's early yearsEric's attempts at grasping how the Segway's wheels work (digitally) fail spectacularly.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/grBt5mPWcIQ"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/grBt5mPWcIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-59055319436914338142008-08-30T16:06:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:11:46.059-07:00Rollcats v1<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a_ql7Ec468A"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a_ql7Ec468A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-44876090929241410232008-08-30T14:53:00.000-07:002008-08-30T16:12:39.330-07:00Halfway.... trains are planes?<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPoNOC7fkSo"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPoNOC7fkSo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPVBE9fEI/AAAAAAAAAQY/JSotYsq9qpQ/s1600-h/_MG_2011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPVBE9fEI/AAAAAAAAAQY/JSotYsq9qpQ/s400/_MG_2011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447601395727426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPPW8egII/AAAAAAAAAQQ/gwrUODnluMc/s1600-h/_MG_2009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPPW8egII/AAAAAAAAAQQ/gwrUODnluMc/s400/_MG_2009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447504186507394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPGFxjGJI/AAAAAAAAAQI/ThXjSJIhRU8/s1600-h/_MG_2010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnPGFxjGJI/AAAAAAAAAQI/ThXjSJIhRU8/s400/_MG_2010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447344958445714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnO--ldG7I/AAAAAAAAAQA/IQTFgrk0Q2A/s1600-h/_MG_2014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLnO--ldG7I/AAAAAAAAAQA/IQTFgrk0Q2A/s400/_MG_2014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240447222769589170" /></a>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-3652995476827562372008-08-30T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-30T14:15:53.556-07:00Rollcats -- RAHll or ROhl?<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >2008. Rollcats the videogame.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/3/31/Rollcats_Sun.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; border:none;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/3/31/Rollcats_Sun.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />"I'm so happy!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/7/7b/Rollcats_Grass.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; border:none;" src="http://wiki.laptop.org/images/7/7b/Rollcats_Grass.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-15245815859759531162008-08-30T08:39:00.000-07:002008-08-30T09:00:57.475-07:00Morning, Day 2 - Dealin git-keysDay 2 - Impromptu Cosi breakfast. Make coffee. Keys distributed, git repositories being set up. Documented in OmniGraffle.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqpAfrknI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/WYjV1NIeiHk/s1600-h/_mg_2005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqpAfrknI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/WYjV1NIeiHk/s400/_mg_2005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336894162342514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqhCpu8AI/AAAAAAAAAPI/vCCV5EN8A_k/s1600-h/_mg_2003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqhCpu8AI/AAAAAAAAAPI/vCCV5EN8A_k/s400/_mg_2003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336757302423554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqbzaIw2I/AAAAAAAAAPA/ch8Od3OoGTA/s1600-h/_mg_2002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqbzaIw2I/AAAAAAAAAPA/ch8Od3OoGTA/s400/_mg_2002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336667311129442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqHy8mtDI/AAAAAAAAAO4/6U3CLU0pmmM/s1600-h/_MG_2001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlqHy8mtDI/AAAAAAAAAO4/6U3CLU0pmmM/s400/_MG_2001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240336323589878834" border="0" /></a>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-89188312583190511982008-08-30T08:00:00.000-07:002008-08-30T09:00:09.881-07:00Day 1 - Wheelin' Kitties<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlttLJGu_I/AAAAAAAAAPg/xLYUdghD0dk/s1600-h/_MG_1996.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLlttLJGu_I/AAAAAAAAAPg/xLYUdghD0dk/s400/_MG_1996.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240340264274803698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLltntQMM6I/AAAAAAAAAPY/90qb7gZfQ-c/s1600-h/_MG_2000.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLltntQMM6I/AAAAAAAAAPY/90qb7gZfQ-c/s400/_MG_2000.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240340170352112546" border="0" /></a><br />Day 1 - teams arrive. Contingency of <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/">Scratch</a> aficionados breaks the programming language barrier in a most excellent way.<br /><br />Ideas are thrown about, they include:<br /><br /><ul><li>Racing<br /></li><li>Construction</li><li>Ballistics (slingshots, cannon)</li><li>Tower destruction (with a purpose)<br /></li><li>Underwater (buoyancy and current instead of gravity)</li><li>Simulating different environments</li><li>Billiards</li><li>Dolphins</li><li>Airplanes</li><li>Bridge building game</li><li>Visualization of physics scene properties</li><li>Springy elements!</li><li>Draw stuff and turn it into physics (using camera?)</li><li>Spirograph-like stuff</li><li>Bowling with bumpers<br /></li></ul>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-83290938916941528852008-08-29T12:52:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:54:47.966-07:00Psychaedlic NiravInstead of making your lives easier and working on making you templates and easy instructions, Nirav and I played around with an accidental psychedelic vision processing+projector+camera setup.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Em-Ri9grEI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Em-Ri9grEI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-48270263910084011832008-08-29T07:42:00.000-07:002008-08-29T07:53:41.284-07:00GRATUITOUS SHOTS OF PRIZESThis year's game jam was fortunate enough to have two friend-of-OLPC prize contributors -- <a href="http://xoexplosion.com">XOExplosion</a> and <a href="http://ilovemyxo.com">iLoveMyXO</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://xoexplosion.com">iLoveMyXO</a> has donated a laptop travel pack -- oooooooOOOOOooooo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgM9SyuBKI/AAAAAAAAAOw/S5SFD7V2eWc/s1600-h/_mg_1987.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgM9SyuBKI/AAAAAAAAAOw/S5SFD7V2eWc/s400/_mg_1987.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239952413601694882" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://ilovemyxo.com">XOExplosion</a>'s Diane Serley will be coming by the jam and causing a ruckus with <span style="font-weight:bold;">superballs</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">trophy mugs</span> and a festival of OLPC-related swag.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLSSV3y1I/AAAAAAAAAOo/3YnOxRDiTpU/s1600-h/_mg_1983.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLSSV3y1I/AAAAAAAAAOo/3YnOxRDiTpU/s400/_mg_1983.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239950575234698066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLLkfF7wI/AAAAAAAAAOg/_9c25YSl1hA/s1600-h/_mg_1982.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLLkfF7wI/AAAAAAAAAOg/_9c25YSl1hA/s400/_mg_1982.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239950459846127362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLG2QbhGI/AAAAAAAAAOY/728SELjokrQ/s1600-h/_mg_1985.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgLG2QbhGI/AAAAAAAAAOY/728SELjokrQ/s400/_mg_1985.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239950378717119586" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Better start learning python, eh?Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829023176235755738.post-14372547530717925272008-08-29T07:21:00.000-07:002008-08-29T07:42:51.636-07:00Welcome to the OLPC Physics Jam Update BlogThis blog will host photos, announcements, presentation links, audio presentations and other various media from the 2008 OLPC Physics Game Jam in Boston, MA.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgKpWGM0bI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/VI54lGrR9X8/s1600-h/physicsgj.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GLKbVKBeMwg/SLgKpWGM0bI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/VI54lGrR9X8/s400/physicsgj.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239949871868072370" border="0" /></a><br />Teams will have slightly less than <span style="font-weight: bold;">48 hours</span> to complete a physics-based game or level for the OLPC XO laptop, using our new <a href="http://box2d.org/">Box2D</a>-based physics engine and <a href="http://www.pygame.org/">pygame</a>.<br /><br />General jam schedule:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday</span> - In-person attendees arrive, online attendees join #olpc-activities on irc.freenode.net and watch (<span style="font-weight: bold;">1</span>) this blog (<span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span>) our <a href="http://www.justin.tv/olpcphysics">live/recorded video presentations</a> . Everyone will be given instructions on setting up a dev.laptop.org <a href="http://dev.laptop.org/git">git repository</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday</span> - When the work really gets done. Presentations on various aspects of game development will take place (music creation, sound design, etc).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sunday</span> - Frantic last-minute development. Hope you've been <span style="font-weight: bold;">testing on the laptop</span> all along (or <span style="font-weight: bold;">remote participants</span>: sending .xo bundles to 1CC/other laptop owners to test). Kids arrive at 2:30 for the testing session around 3 to 4pm. Pencils down, <span style="font-weight: bold;">awards</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">swag</span> given. POST-JAM FAIRE: Physics jam attendees may sit in on informal <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Support_meeting" title="Support meeting">educational activities talk</a> with educator Caryl Bigenho and OLPC VP of Learning David Cavallo.Brian Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06899988819119838665noreply@blogger.com2