Sunday 22 April 2012

Core Video and AV Foundation

I and Goshiro Yamamoto are writing guidance on real-time video processing technology of OS X. We are now introducing basics of AV Foundation, which has been back-ported from iOS, and now is replacing QTKit.

Please visit CoreVideo.net. (All articles are written in Japanese.)

Monday 16 April 2012

Japan-America Frontier of Engineering (JAFOE)


National Academy of Engineering (NAE), US, and Engineering Academy of Japan (EAJ) are now intensively preparing the 11th Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering.

The Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering (JAFOE) program was started in 2000. Since then, JAFOE symposia have been held every year except 2001 and 2010 in locations alternating between Japan and the United States.

JAFOE aims to bring together outstanding, early-career Japanese and American Engineers from industry, universities, and other research institutions to introduce their areas of engineering research and technical work, thereby facilitating an interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge and methodology that could eventually lead to collaborative networks of engineers from the two countries. The total number of participants, including organizers, speakers, and other participants, numbers approximately 60, with 30 engineers from each country. Participation is by invitation only.

>>JAFOE on web.PineappleDesign.org

Sunday 1 April 2012

Pineapple II

PinappleDesign.org is going to ship its first commercial product named Pineapple II microcomputer. The Pineapple II is an Arduino-based microcomputer that converts up to 6 analog inputs to standard MIDI output. It comes with a range sensor, power adapter, and USB connector for future expansion and software update.