Software is for humans, not for computers.
Most people do not want a computer.
To the user, the interface is the product.
Choice quotes from a thoroughly excellent user-focused manifesto on software development and interface design.
Probably one of the most beautiful videos [link no longer available] I’ve seen in recent memory, made all the more memorable by a conspicuous lack of traditional equipment.
No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.
On top of all this, Google open sourced the data and Processing code [link no longer available] used to generate it. Spectacular work, chaps (Aaron, Google and Radiohead). via overstated / elatable
It’s not so bad. It’s still confusing, but here’s the quick guide:
1. Download the latest Python Script Shell from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=154155&package_id=171153. For me, this was PythonScriptShell_1_4_3_3rdEd_unsigned_testrange.sis
2. Go to Symbian Signed
3. Click the link under Open Signed. It should be: https://www.symbiansigned.com/app/page/public/openSignedOnline.do
4. Get the IMEI off your phone by typing *#06#.
5. Enter the details and upload the PythonScriptShell that you downloaded.
6. Follow the email instructions to confirm the signing process and then download a signed version of the PythonScriptShell.
7. If you’ve already installed the PythonScriptShell on your phone, then remove it. Otherwise, Bluetooth the file over to your N95 / N82 / Nokia device and install it.
8. Run the Bluetooth console back to your machine, type in something like this:
>> import positioning
>>> positioning.modules()
[{'available': 0, 'id': 270526873, 'name': u'Bluetooth GPS'}, {'available': 1, 'id': 270526860, 'name': u'Assisted GPS'}, {'available': 1, 'id': 270526858, 'name': u'Integrated GPS'}, {'available': 0, 'id': 270559509, 'name': u'Network based'}]
Yay! Success!
This means you’re now ready to leave the temple, Grasshopper. Go, go and unleash the next brilliant location-aware social ice cream finder software on the world.
This is a very bad idea.