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Back to the future – Ready player one

Ready player one is a sci-fi movie premiered in 2018, it tells a story happen in 2045 where people seek to escape from reality through the virtual reality entertainment universe called the OASIS. Tons of concepts that are shown in the movie seem very close to what we have nowadays. That makes me wonder if…
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Show and Tell Feb 16th

We will have our usual show and tell this week. We are going to talk about Big Data! Join the zoom meeting Join the zoom meeting HERE at 1pm on Tuesday, February 16th. Or with meeting ID: 829 7708 3019 and password: 982778.

PBR Materials for Photorealism

Physically-Based Rendered materials or PBR materials are materials for 3D models that are based on scans from real life objects. They combine different types of materials, such as albedo for colour and metallic and normal maps to make an object look shiny, and textured. THIS site is a great resource for many free, high-quality PBR…
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Build a Javascript Maze Game!

HTML and CSS are important building blocks in web development,  but JavaScript is the programming language that moves websites from function to fun. So it’s no surprise that games are on the list of fun JavaScript projects that let you practice your skills without falling asleep at the keyboard.  Martin’s Codepen maze is a perfect example…
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First Meet-Up of September

September 10th, 2:30-3:30: New semester, new meeting format! For this week we will be meeting in zoom. Make sure you have an account, as you must be logged in to join! https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/95765681194?pwd=Rnd3ZDl4RHdDU0pUMlkxRWRZK2JSZz09 pwd:069005 We are going to be keeping the discussions shorter and more focused. This week we have two questions: 1) What are you…
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Regrouping before the semester starts

Just making it official that we will have no group meet-up this week as we prepare for the start of the fall semester. Next week we will have meet-ups again, in new and exciting formats! See you soon.

July 29, 1:30-3:30 PM

Join the team to discuss the tutorials, get updates about Sandbox activities or just say hi. Join the Zoom meeting HERE. Meeting ID: TBD Password: TBD

July 22, 1:30 – 3:30 PM

Join the team to discuss the tutorials, get updates about Sandbox activities or just say hi. Join the Zoom meeting HERE. Meeting ID: 963 7210 3188 Password: 491963

On Moisture Sensors for plants

Moisture sensors suck. This link is an excellent deep dive into why the sensors on the market right now aren’t great. Use nails. This guys doesn’t literally use nails, but he demonstrates the circuit you would need. For my own plants, since they are indoors and my living conditions are quite stable, I won’t be…
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