Lex Log
July 23, 2017
- initial version of django + mediawiki session sharing plugin (8hr)
https://github.com/damoti/django-mediawiki-auth
+ osehub (6hr)
Integrated the new django-mediawiki-auth module into osehub and also pushed code to github:
https://github.com/eukreign/osehub
July 16, 2017
+ osehub (10hr)
Began working on OSE Hub.
July 22, 2015
Direct modeling CAD systems (SketchUp) can be made more precise and predictable by adding some facility for parameterization, this technique is called: Variational Direct Modeling
http://www.ledas.com/pdf/VariationalDirectModeling.pdf
For an even broader overview of why variational direct modeling is a way forward: Direct Modeling - Who and Why Needs It? A Review of Competitive Technologies
A potential open source direct modeling CAD application should have this feature.
July 19, 2015
Researching the implementation of an Operational Transform web based CAD system.
Purchased a copy of this paper: Operational transformation for dependency conflict resolution in real-time collaborative 3D design systems
Which discusses a few specific OT functions necessary to deal with graphs of dependent objects, essentially this resolves some issues related to multiple people editing inter-dependent parametric data at the same time and how to merge conflicting operations.
Full size "mech warrior" robots, could be re-purposed to do construction/agricultural work... http://www.megabots.com/
Also, PhD Thesis on walking robots: Robust Execution of Bipedal Walking Tasks From Biomechanical Principles