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Germany / hci / ires / nsf

Fourth Week in Oldenburg

In our fourth week at Oldenburg, many exciting events occurred, including the Fourth of July and Orit and Andrew’s visit. On Independence Day, I made an American flag fruit tart that I brought to work. Later in the day, Susanne Boll (the professor in charge) invited us to her home for hot dogs, and I[…]

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Germany / hci / ires / nsf

Third Week In Oldenburg

In our third week in Oldenburg, we continued to make progress on our projects. I am helping my supervisor with the EyeSee360 application. EyeSee360 is an application that maps the 3D position objects around the user. This allows a user to have an idea of where out-of-view objects without having to look for them. After[…]

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Germany / ires / nsf

Second Week in Oldenburg

During our second week in Oldenburg, we all delved deeper into our respective projects. In the project I am joining, we are designing an ambient light display to be used on a car when the driver is considering changing lanes. The display will inform the driver of the car’s distance from other cars in the[…]

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Germany / ires / nsf

First Week in Oldenburg

In our first week at OFFIS in the University of Oldenburg, we found ourselves warmly welcomed by our new colleagues and supervisors: We took advantage of the week’s uncharacteristic sunny weather to explore town, where we found plentiful grocery stores and bakeries. Going grocery shopping became interesting adventures in themselves, as we quickly discovered that items[…]

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