Current R&D
QR-Code Deployment
- Project Status: Deployed (Phase I & II)
- Project Description: QR-codes placed throughout Manor that can be decoded with cell phones equipped with a camera.
- Project Report: Whitepaper (September 2009)
- Demo Video
RFID Tag Project
- Project Status: Deployed (Phase I)
- Project Description: Touchatags placed on 15 points-of-interest throughout Manor that can be utilized with an Near-Field-Communication(NFC) phone.
- Project Report: Coming Soon!
RFID Tourism Project
- Project Status: Prototype Constructed, Currently Being Test
- Project Description: Networked RFID readers placed on various points-of-interest throughout Manor. When “touched” the individuals mobile phone will receive information about the object they interacted with.
- Project Report: Coming Soon!
Entity Naming System (ENS)
- Project Status: Pilot In Development
- Project Description: We are working with the University of Trento, Italy to develop the next generation of QR-codes utilizing ENS. More information about ENS is available at http://www.okkam.org/
Google Wave
- Project Status: In Progress
- Project Description: Testing Google’s next generation e-mail platform called Google Wave.
- You can “Wave” to the City of Manor’s CIO at dhaisler@googlewave.com
Android Mobile Applications
- Project Status: In Progress (Update: Currently testing on the Motorola Droid, Android 2.0)
- Project Description: Developing a testing mobile applications on Google’s Android Platform.
Augmented Reality Development
- Project Status: Research Stage
- Project Description: Researching and developing an augmented reality system to interface with the current QR-code program.
