RNA Gene Sequencing Tool

ExonHit Therapeutics, Inc., a world-leading company in the field of alternative RNA splicing, hired Art & Logic to extend the capabilities of their in-house gene profiling tool. Originally developed as an Excel spreadsheet, the tool had reached the performance and data limits of the technology. Art & Logic developed a VB.NET application, using an MSDE backend, to replace and enhance the functionality of ExonHit's tool. It was ExonHit's desire to continue long term maintenance of the new tool, so Art & Logic included extensive commenting and documentation to provide ExonHit's in-house developers with the information needed to maintain and enhance the application without further assistance from Art & Logic. more...

ExonHit Therapeutics, Inc., a world-leading company in the field of alternative RNA splicing, hired Art & Logic to extend the capabilities of their in-house gene profiling tool. Originally developed as an Excel spreadsheet, the tool had reached the performance and data limits of the technology. Art & Logic developed a VB.NET application, using an MSDE backend, to replace and enhance the functionality of ExonHit's tool. It was ExonHit's desire to continue long term maintenance of the new tool, so Art & Logic included extensive commenting and documentation to provide ExonHit's in-house developers with the information needed to maintain and enhance the application without further assistance from Art & Logic. ExonHit uses the gene profiling tool to create gene splice variants that may assist in the fields of drug discovery, diagnostics and biochips.

TAGS:  Windows  .NET  Medical  Science

Instant Messaging for Groups and Individuals

A social networking startup hired Art & Logic to develop an instant messaging desktop client application and supporting web services. The desktop client provides a "live chat" experience with rich HTML and easy video sharing. It also fosters the creation of small, themed communities or groups with social links and file sharing.

TAGS:  Windows  JavaScript  MySQL  Desktop  AJAX  .NET  Installer  C#  SSL  YouTube  XMPP  Widgets  SMTP  Jabber  Media  Social Networking

Audio Watermark Detection Application for Verance

Art & Logic was hired by Verance to port the original Mac OS version of the ConfirMedia application to Windows, and later to a native Cocoa application for Mac OS X, by creating a multi-platform unified code base. Verance also hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows Mobile version of ConfirMedia. ConfirMedia is an innovative audio watermarking solution designed to protect, manage, and monitor audio content, including broadcast monitoring and verification, copy protection, and content management.

TAGS:  Audio  .NET  C#  Pocket PC  PDA  Windows Mobile  Broadcasting

Windows Service for Monitoring and Arbitrating Printers

Comprehensive Control Systems makes a line of copier control touch screen products for metering, monetizing, and controlling access to copiers. Industries served include law, accounting, financial, and educational institutions. When they decided to expand their products to network printers, they hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows service to intercept and hold incoming print jobs, collect pertinent information about each job, store the gathered information in a database, and then process or cancel the job depending on business logic provided by another service.

TAGS:  Windows  Desktop  .NET  Windows Server  Printer  Computer Hardware  Business

Media manager for photography shoots

Lightbox Network, Inc. hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows version of its media manager application. Live allows photographers to do "live" shoots with a tethered camera, such that images and movies can be processed and uploaded to the Lightbox server as the shoot is happening. Editors and the like can then see virtually real-time progress of the shoot online and interact by requesting larger versions of the captured media and beginning work on the post process. Images and video can also be manually uploaded, and all uploads are managed via an upload manager.

TAGS:  Image Processing  .NET  C#  QuickTime  Media  Photography