Archive for June, 2008
CSULB Press Event
Author: Frederick
We would like to remind you that CSULB’s College of Engineering is having a Press Conference on Monday, June 30th @ 3PM in ECS-105 for Team Embedded Applications Technology.
Also, there will be a little get together Monday night @ 7PM at Bob’s house to celebrate and congratulate the team for making the finals. RSVP to get directions to Bob’s place.
If all is planned correctly, the press conference can be seen live online @ BeachTV or on TV in your local Long Beach Charter (Ch 18) or Lakewood Comcast (Ch 28).
read comments (0)Brochures Printed
Author: Frederick
The brochures have been printed. A little compromise here and there and lots of ‘No, I will not do it.’
Check it out below.
Doll House
Author: Frederick
Can I get a doll house made out of Plexiglas? Oh, here it is. Thanks!
The Dean had Mike Fritz create for us a House made out of plexiglass that matches our animation video. We will be bringing this along to France with us… hopefully in one piece.
See them below. Who wants to create/add furniture?
The Presentation Order during the Imagine Cup Finals
Author: Frederick
The order of presentations has just been announced minutes ago.
Watch the video for the announcement of Team Embedded Applications Technology’s placement in the order of presentation at this link or watch it embedded in this post after the jump.
Poster Printed
Author: Frederick
The poster has been printed! Juan and I picked it up this afternoon at some print place owned by a shipping company.
A bonus image after the jump…
Anatomy of a [Sexy] GUI
Author: Frederick
The prototype of the Automatic Power Cycling Network (APCN) Kiosk Software used the default Windows CE Shell. The default shell reminded you of the Windows 98 theme, what Microsoft now affectionately calls the Classic theme. It reeked of drab, flat colors and boxy frames. Each page in the prototype was achieved using the TabControl. It was clearly evident that this will not work with our tiny (7″) widescreen touchscreen LCD. Common sense dictates that the buttons must be big enough for the fingers to touch and text to be read.
VerTek Solutions Poster
Author: Frederick
Now we present the VerTek Solutions poster. It was designed by Jorge Hurtado from Public Affairs & Publications at California State University, Long Beach.
The dimensions of the printed design will be 24″ x 36″ and will be displayed next to our booth in an easel at Imagine Cup in Paris, France.
The consensus is that we like it. It is simple and green. 
Look at that giant light bulb over the houses… it’s like a monster hovering over a suburban setting. IT’S PERFECT.
See it after the jump.
Logo, I Choose You…!
Author: Frederick
Loading ...Team EAT’s VerTek Solutions did not have a logo before it was even announced that we made it into the finals. When we found out that we indeed made it into the finals, one of those aspects of the project that made us scramble really quickly to come up with is the logo for our fictional company.
I, Fred, decided to create one realizing all too well that it won’t be the one making it into France (so, I had expectations that it could be… oh well, no big whoop). I created the logo that was on display on the main website and the wallpaper that I made for three weeks.
Firstly, let me backtrack to the inception of the company name.
Invitation by the COE @ CSULB
Author: Frederick
Here is a copy of the invitation from the College of Engineering at Cal State Long Beach to 1000 people, or so we heard. Mostly went out to local press and local important people (ie, CoE Deans from other Universities).
Imagine Cup Schedule
Author: Frederick
From the Imagine Cup website, here is the schedule for the week we will be there.
Schedule
The Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals will take place at the Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel Hotel from July 3 - 8, 2008. Below is a high level overview of the event agenda:
- Thursday, July 3 - Arrivals / Opening Ceremony
- Friday, July 4 - Competitions Commence
- Saturday, July 5 - Competitions Conclude
- Sunday, July 6 - City of Paris Cultural Day
- Monday July 7 - Software Design, Embedded Development and Game Development Finalist Presentations / Digital Theater
- Tuesday, July 8 - Student Showcase / World Festival (Awards Ceremony) / Farewell Party
- Wednesday, July 9 - Departures