3D Printing
3D printing has become mainstream over the last few years. It can now reliably be used by home hobbyists and small businesses to produce parts that would have been impossible just a few years ago.
RAKtronics
Outdoor counting
Having been involved with people counting in retail stores for a number of years I was interested by a new challenge, counting people in the great outdoors!
ASP.net and SignalR
One of my clients had written their own realtime monitoring system for their industrial process, it works great except for the fact that it is only usable on the one PC and this is often not ideally located for the users.
They needed a realtime distributed monitoring system.
getWaiter! the story so far
getWaiter! is a service to provide better service to bar, restaurant and hotel customers while providing valuable performance information back to the venues management. A unique code is present on each of the service points (table, room etc) that the customers will scan and then presented with a series of buttons to call various actions, …
A tablet based inspection system?
One of my clients wanted to offer a simple low cost inspection system to one of their end users. A traditional low cost inspection system would cost several thousands of pounds, they were aiming at several hundred, what about using a tablet Vision systems A typical vision system consists of several key components: A camera. Image processing software. …
A PLC Replacement
I was recently asked to design a unit to replace a standard PLC that had reached the limitations of its capabilities. The PLC is part of a bespoke system for food package inspection that fits in to a production line.
Mr G is in the house
Meet the new getWaiter mascot. We call him Mr G at the moment but he is looking for a better name, any ideas anyone? Look out for Mr G at a hotel or restaurant near you.
What is getWaiter!
getWaiter! is a project we have been working on for the last few months for a company called GeniusIn based in Olney, Buckinghamshire in the UK. The concept behind it is to use technology to improve your bar, restaurant or hotel experience, an idea conceived by pair of entrepreneurs around ten years ago that has been waiting for the right time.
getWaiter! website goes live
At last the getWaiter! website has finally gone live. It is now possible for Hotels, Restaurants and bars to sign up, start using getWaiter and offer an improved service to their customers. To have a look go to www.getwaiter.com
New getWaiter! Videos
The final version of the getWaiter animations have been finished and uploaded to you tube, check them out here. http://youtu.be/8neAPyWo88o The consumer video http://youtu.be/g0JqzIueZ8E The merchant video
