I have participated in a Hackathon, hosted by Accenture. The proposed project was very interesting: a social app for blind people. The technical requirements for the app were pretty obvious for this scenario. The app had to have an interface friendly towards people with total or partial blindness. I was very happy to work on […]
Hands-On Artificial Intelligence with JavaScript
I have a book out about Artificial Intelligence! Check it our on Amazon. All the examples in the book are written in JavaScript and oriented towards web developers. You don’t have to be proficient in JavaScript though to understand the key concepts. Inside the book A.I. powered chatbots, computer vision and neural networks for your […]
Publishing Unity game to App Store & fixing errors in Xcode
This is a quick tutorial on how to export your Unity project to Xcode and then from Xcode to the App Store without errors, fixing these errors and warnings: – Module ‘GoogleMobileAds’ not found; – Missing Marketing Icon; – Push notifications not enabled; – Undefined symbols for architecture armv7.
Synchronizing player currency (not score) over multiple devices – using a cloud
I was building a racing game which uses a fake currency. The player receives money when winning races, money that he can use to buy new cars or unlock new tracks. But what if the player was playing during the day on his phone, and at night on a tablet? I wanted the progress to […]
Arduino fishtank light control
Here is how the final product looks like: The required parts are: – an Arduino Uno board; – a LCD shield; – a relay; – two brick buttons; – cables. The case is optional, but here is the 3D model if you want to 3D print it: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2008460 We will connect our fishtank’s lamp […]
CSS3 On / Off switch
Here is a simple CSS3 On / Off switch. You can use JavaScript code to find the current switch state. This example only provides the styling part of the element. The HTML: <div class=”switch” id=”switch”> <a href=”#thinghyL”> <div class=”thinghyL” id=”thinghyL”><div class=”knobL”></div></div> </a> <a href=”#thinghyR”> <div class=”thinghyR” id=”thinghyR”></div> </a> </div> The CSS: .switch { width:100px; height:30px; […]
CSS3 Login Form Styling
Inspired by the concept design of the folks over at invisionapp.com I decided to animate a login form using CSS3. It looks great for mobile devices apps or just websites. You can look at the code over at jsfiddle.net, and you can use it however you like, as long as it is for non-commercial purposes. That’s it! I hope […]
Building a mobile game for kids
So I decided to enter the mobile game market (a little late, I know), by creating a mobile game for iPhones primarily, and then port it to Android devices and Windows phones. The game will be targeted to children. I choose ImpactJS as the main platform, because it uses the canvas HTML5 element to do […]
Step by step tutorial on installing the Director plugin in ImpactJS
For those of you who use ImpactJS, transitioning between levels can be easier! Just use the Director plugin, available for free at github. Here’s a step by step tutorial on how to do that:
Javascript Artificial Intelligence Tutorial – For beginners
Here is a simple Javascript A.I. tutorial for beginners using the reinforced learning method. You need to have basic knowledge on HTML, CSS and JavaScript, as well as programming basics. This tutorial is a starting point for people who want to implement A.I. in their projects. You are free to “steal” ideas and techniques from […]