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  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 7 Learning Diary in the group COMP 266 December 12, 2024 - 2:44pm
    Please view the .zip file for Unit 7 here: Unit 7 - Google DriveWork Done For This Unit In this final unit, I implemented external data sources into my website to further increase usability and functionality of my website.The two external...
  • Hector Barquero
    Hector Barquero published a blog post closing some of my links - course complete in the group COMP 266 December 8, 2024 - 8:56am
    hi all - i finished this course a couple months ago. I will be closing my learning diary deployment (https://university-comp266.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) and collapsing the g-drive links with the code snapshots. Any of my previous...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 6 Learning Diary in the group COMP 266 December 6, 2024 - 11:22am
    Please view the .zip file for Unit 6 here: Unit 6 - Google Drive Work Done For This Unit In this unit I implemented several JQuery libraries in my website that helped enhance its functionality and appeal to my intended audience and...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 5 Learning Diary in the group COMP 266 November 29, 2024 - 12:51pm
    Please view the .zip file for Unit 5 here: Unit 5 - Google Drive Work Done For This UnitIn this unit, I added 3 high level JavaScript functionalities to my website. This started with me generally submitting ideas to the TA on what...
  • Alleeyah Madho
    Alleeyah Madho commented on the blog Useful Piezo Buzzer sounds November 28, 2024 - 2:02pm
    Hey Michael, Thanks for sharing these valuable resources on using piezo buzzers for more dynamic alarm systems. The links to the Rickroll project and the GitHub repository with compiled songs are fantastic additions! I agree that...
  • Zachary Kernick
    Zachary Kernick created a wiki page Assignment 4 reflection (plus some of non research things supposed to be in the research document) November 27, 2024 - 1:33pm
    Personal Notebook Reflection: Wonderland Game Assignment     Initial Thoughts and Approach The Wonderland game assignment was, without a doubt, the most ambitious project I’ve undertaken in this course. At the outset, I was...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Final project November 23, 2024 - 2:57pm
    Background:   I have always been captivated by electronic pets, particularly iDog, because of the unique way they bring joy and entertainment to people’s lives. These devices were not just toys; they were interactive companions that...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 13 November 23, 2024 - 2:56pm
    Food for thought   While the potential for robots to help people is vast, some people believes that instead of creating technology that replaces human labor, we should focus on training people as providers of those services. With the...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 12 November 23, 2024 - 2:36pm
    Unit 12 Learning and Robots   Unit 12 made a strong impression on me, as it closely relates to my previous experience in an AI course. During that course, I worked on supervised learning and specifically applied algorithms like Naive Bayes....
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 11 November 23, 2024 - 2:28pm
    Unit 11 Navigation and Group Robotics   Food for thought    Ants are tremendously effective at dead reckoning, finding their way in the vast open spaces of the desert through odometry. They seem to be much better at it than...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 10 November 23, 2024 - 1:08pm
    Unit 10 Unexpected Outcomes and Emergent Behavior   Food for thought    Besides wall-following, or following (servoing to some target), which is a natural behaviour to produce via emergence, can you think of others you might want...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 9 November 23, 2024 - 12:43pm
    Unit 9 Robot Control 5 — Coordination    Food for thought    Does it ever happen to you that you can't decide between two options?What do you do? Theories from cognitive science and neuro-sciences say that human...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 8 November 23, 2024 - 12:31pm
    Unit 8 Hybrid and behavior-based control   Food for thought   Is there an alternative to hybrid systems, or is that all there is in terms of intelligent, real-time robot behavior? Can you think of another way that a robot can be able...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 5 Pseudocode for JavaScript Ideas in the group COMP 266 November 22, 2024 - 10:11am
    Below are the variables, functions and program flows in pseudocode for the three ideas I have to implement in JavaScript: 1. Form Validation PseudocodeVariables:form, reference to form elementname, email and message, reference...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 5 Ideas for JavaScript Review in the group COMP 266 November 22, 2024 - 9:37am
    I am currently thinking of the following ideas to implement throughout JavaScript to total roughly 200 lines of implemented JavaScript code:1. Form ValidationI want to implement form validation in the contact form on my Connect page. I would want...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 4 Learning Diary in the group COMP 266 November 22, 2024 - 9:03am
    Please view the .zip file for Unit 4 here: Unit 4 - Google Drive Work Done For This Unit In this unit, I added a JavaScript function to toggle between dark and light mode. I accompanied it with CSS changes that helped the dark and...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 3 Learning Diary in the group COMP 266 November 22, 2024 - 8:50am
    Please view the .zip file for Unit 3 here: Unit 3 - Google Drive Work Done For This Unit In this unit, I applied some CSS knowledge to focus on making my static HTML pages from Unit 2 more visually appealing and readable. Each page...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 2 Learning Diary in the group COMP 266 November 22, 2024 - 8:22am
    Please view the .zip file for Unit 2 here: Unit 2 - Google Drive Critique of Sample FilesThe sample HTML files that were provided looked very unorganized. They had some semblance of HTML functionality, but there were some key...
  • Stanley Nguyen
    Stanley Nguyen published a blog post COMP 266 Unit 6 JQuery Proposal Review November 22, 2024 - 7:20am
    7 JQuery Ideas to Improve My Site:Smooth calendar animationsCalendar date pickerSmooth page transitionsDynamically highlight days that have eventsAutomatic slideshowDark modeScroll to top button 
  • Stanley Nguyen
    Stanley Nguyen published a blog post COMP 266 Unit 5 Learning Diary November 22, 2024 - 7:07am
    How did you learn JS? (Obstacles, overcoming, doing differently.)To learn JavaScript, I used online tutorial videos and the exercises they provided. One that was really helpful was freeCodeCamp. In their course, I learned to use some basic...
  • Arvind Shastri
    Arvind Shastri published a blog post Unit 1 Learning Diary in the group COMP 266 November 19, 2024 - 5:54pm
    Work Done For This Unit In this unit, I started building my website design idea by brainstorming its purpose (a personal portfolio), its potential visitors, and building their personas. I used this information to build scenarios about how they...
  • Stanley Nguyen
    Stanley Nguyen published a blog post COMP 266 Unit 5 Program Designs November 15, 2024 - 9:46am
    We will try to pseudocode these elements while taking an object oriented programming approach. Collapsible ListPseudocode:Start with creating our collapsible list objectOur collapsible list will have list items (objects) that...
  • Stanley Nguyen
    Stanley Nguyen published a blog post COMP 266 Unit 5 Idea Review November 14, 2024 - 4:21pm
    3 JS Elements:Collapsible ListI would want this to work by having the user click the header button, then a list expands and shows more items. Similarly, I would like the list to go back to its original state when the user clicks once...
  • Stanley Nguyen
    Stanley Nguyen published a blog post COMP 266 Unit 4 Learning Diary November 14, 2024 - 4:20pm
    How did this code improve the experiences of your personas in these scenarios?The image slideshow code improved the experiences of my personas in their scenarios by allowing them to digest information in more variety (project images), keeping the...
  • Stanley Nguyen
    Stanley Nguyen published a blog post COMP 266 Unit 3 Learning Diary Entry November 14, 2024 - 10:31am
    These changes are improvements to my personas’ experiences in their scenarios because it adds a professional atmosphere to my portfolio. This would improve their first impression of my portfolio. Whether they are searching for talent or for...
  • Adam Gendron
    Adam Gendron replied on the discussion topic Future projects? November 13, 2024 - 10:33pm
    I would love to participate in a bootcamp for game development using modern techniques and tools!  I've always wanted to tool around in the Unreal Engine.  Can I say this course brought a fire back to get into it?  No, not this...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang added a new discussion topic Yiming's Final Project Proposal November 12, 2024 - 12:31pm
    The Interactive Robotic Dog is a compact and engaging robotics project that detects sound signals, responds dynamically, and performs simple movements. Inspired by a pet dog’s behavior, it offers users a fun and intuitive way to explore...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 7 November 11, 2024 - 4:19pm
    Unit 7 explores two robotic control strategies: deliberative control and reactive control. Chapter 13 focuses on deliberative control, where robots rely on detailed planning before acting. It introduces the SPA model (Sensing, Planning, Action),...
  • Yiming Zang
    Yiming Zang created a wiki page Unit 5&6 November 9, 2024 - 3:17pm
    Chapter 10 explains feedback and loop control, focusing on how closed-loop systems use feedback to fix errors and stay stable. It introduces error as the difference between the desired state and current state and shows how it helps adjust the...
  • Michel Desmarais
    Michel Desmarais published a blog post COMP361 - Assignment 2 Reflections November 3, 2024 - 8:21am
    I found assignment 2 a little easier than assignment 1, probably because assignment 1 prepares you for assignment 2. I often referred to assignment 1 to get my use cases, actors, and problem domain classes. I found a few mistakes in my assignment...
  • Ofure Eigbire-Molen
    Ofure Eigbire-Molen uploaded the file Unit 1 Site Design Documentation.zip October 31, 2024 - 9:00pm
  • Ofure Eigbire-Molen
    Ofure Eigbire-Molen uploaded the file Unit 1 Site Design Documentation.docx October 31, 2024 - 9:00pm
  • Ofure Eigbire-Molen
    Ofure Eigbire-Molen published a blog post unit 2 html website October 31, 2024 - 9:00pm
    <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <title>Tetravon Inc. - Home</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /></head><body> <div id="header">...