Final paper

Click here for a link to my final paper, summarizing all the work I have done this summer.

Week 9 and 10: Wrapping it up

The last two weeks were spent documenting my work for the past ten weeks. I wrote my report on the three projects that I worked on this summer, VizTouch, AlphaBraille (the project to convert text into 3D models), and the program to convert photographs into 3D models. I also made my poster that I will be presenting in several conferences, such as Tapia 2013. Since AlphaBraille was the only project that I made without getting material from someone else, so that is why I focused on that for my poster.

Week 8 - Graphs and Text to 3D model

I worked on two things this week. First, I worked on a Python script that is designed to convert a string of text into OpenSCAD code and to convert that code into a 3D model for use with the MakerBot. This program uses the techniques I used to merge text and Braille to make a string that should be legible by those with visual impairments.
The second thing I accomplished was another improvement to the VizTouch program. I figured out how to make the program generate a graph of two functions
In addition, my co-workers and I helped out with a celebration event for the Americans with Disabilities Act. At this event, we exhibited all our research projects.