Month: February 2011

02/24/11

UM-Flint Student Creates Android Applications

From the M-Times:

Having trouble learning Mandarin? Do you have dif­ficulty distinguishing colors? A UM-Flint student has created two Android Apps that help the user with these problems.

Dan Lamb, a senior ma­joring in business, has been programming for 15 years.

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While at UM-Flint, Lamb studied Mandarin Chinese for two semesters. Eventually, he got tired of making flashcards, so he made an Android App to help him study. The App is called ChineseFlashcards and includes 20 units of vocabulary from “Cheng & Tsui Inte­grated Chinese, Level 1 Part 1 & 2.”

Lamb’s other Android App is Colorvision, a program that uses the phone’s camera to identify what color is in the on-screen crosshairs. It has a mode for either a simplified color palette, or a standard palette of 145 colors. Lamb’s inspiration for this application was his own red/green colorblindness.

Lamb is currently working on several games for the An­droid when he has extra time, which has not been often this semester.

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02/11/11

Research & Creative Activity Committee – Request for Proposals Winter 2011

The Office of Research and the Research Creative Activity Committee (RCAC) would like to announce the Winter 2011 Call for Proposals.
 
Proposals are due in the Office of Research by Friday, March 11, 2011 at 5:00 pm. 
 
Proposals will be reviewed by the Research and Creative Activities Committee with funding decisions announced in mid-April.  Please note that all proposals must be submitted in hard copy and electronically.   Please follow the guidelines located at:  http://www.umflint.edu/research/faculty_funding/RCAC_guidelines.htm. 
 
Please review the guidelines carefully.  If you have any questions or need assistance please feel free to contact the Office of Research, 762-3383.