TartanHack 2012: CMUnity

Making Use of Useless Displays

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1. CMUNITY Making Use of Useless Displays at CMU Donald Huh (SCS ’12) Michelle Lee (TSB ’12) Rebecca Chen (H&SS ’13)
2. Let’s take a look at how our university spends its money on flat screens...
4. USELESS. somewhat
6. USELESS. more
8. USELESS. ABSOLUTELY (A photo of the building on a TV inside the building?!)
9. THE SOLUTION
11. - Scan QR code to check-in - Check weather and time - Check who is mayor / people here - Read foursquare tips - Read #cmunity tweets / Tweet to #cmunity It’s Interactive! It’s Flexible! - Works on any 4sq venue - College buildings, Restaurants, Retail, Stadiums...
12. TRY IT NOW! (Looks best on 1280px+ width) http://cmunity.heroku.com/uc http://cmunity.heroku.com/ghc http://cmunity.heroku.com/dh http://cmunity.heroku.com/statue http://cmunity.heroku.com/venue/[foursquare venue id] Here are a few shortcuts we made: (case-sensitive)
13. APIs Used: Google Maps Twitter Foursquare Technology Stack: Languages: Ruby, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript Framework: Sinatra CSS Framework: Twitter Bootstrap
14. Future Extensions: - Modules for other APIs - Restaurants can post the menu via new 4sq feature - Siri-like Functionality Tweet: “#cmunity, how do I get to _____ ?” Response: *shows directions on Google Maps* Tweet: “#cmunity, show me tweets about _____!” Response: *changes tweets to new subject* Contribute! https://github.com/donhuh/tartanhack