Previous Projects
We get to work on a lot of interesting and cool projects. Below are some of the projects we've worked on. They can be viewed by industry or technology.
74 relevant projects below.
HappyHour: It's Five O'Clock Somewhere! Sterling Publishing Co. is one of the world's leading publishers of nonfiction titles with more than 5000 books in print. Sterling hired Art & Logic to develop HappyHour, an iPhone application featuring thousands of drink recipes from 10,000 Drinks, a book by Paul Knorr. Users manipulate spinner wheels and use the iPhone's motion sensors to search by liquors, mixers, and beverage types.
iPhone Game for Children.
3Pm Studios hired Art & Logic to develop
"Henry & Hailey's Preschool Pals", a children's
mix-n-match game that has become a runaway hit since its
debut on the iTunes App Store. Players select a "pal"
and listen to them talk about what they like to do. After
learning about the character, the child matches the head
with the corresponding body and feet. A special surprise
appears after matching all ten pals. We developed this
iPhone application using Apple's iPhone 2.0 SDK
and xCode 3.1.
Henry & Hailey's Preschool Pals was nominated for the
2008 Best App Ever Awards. Purchase the game here.
Contact Management for the BlackBerry Platform. M Financial Group hired Art & Logic to develop a native BlackBerry application to allow clients to access contact information hosted by third-party data providers. Users can log into the application, search for contacts, and view detailed information about those contacts via web services published by the data provider. Users can easily phone or email their contacts by clicking hyperlinks that invoke the corresponding BlackBerry applications. The application also utilizes BlackBerry GPS capabilities along with Google Maps to provide directions to a contact's location from the user's current location.
iPhone Application for Golfers. PasturePool.com enables golfers to track their golf scores, handicap, greens in regulation, putts, up/down percentage, and more. The PasturePool native iPhone application allows PasturePool subscribers to record their golf rounds while offline, and then upload them to the PasturePool.com website where they are available for reporting and analysis. The application features course search, course database update, and both summary and detailed golf round entry. The detail entry mode features an 18-hole scorecard that lets the golfer enter hole-by-hole scores, statistics and notes. Users can call a selected golf course and load a Google map of the course in an embedded browser. An iPhone-optimized version of the online web application is also available in an embedded browser in case the golfer wants to enter his/her round data directly to the PasturePool.com website.
Web Application for Creative Talent. The Workbook was established in 1977 as a sourcebook for Los Angeles creative talent. Since then it has become a prestigious industry publication, bringing together top advertising talent and creatives from around the world. We were hired to redevelop and maintain workbook.com, a Python/TurboGears-based website with 50,000 listings featuring creative buyers, reps, industry resources, and suppliers.
iPhone Event Tracking. Eventful for iPhone is a native, web-enabled iPhone application that allows new and existing Eventful users to track events, search for events, performers and venues in their area, make demands for performers to come to their area, stay in touch with their friends' interests and events, and much, much more. It uses Eventful's JSON-based (JavaScript Object Notation) web APIs - the application formulates requests based on user interaction and parses the JSON-style responses for display. The open source json-framework, a JSON parser for Objective C, was integrated and used for parsing the JSON data. The application uses many of the iPhone SDK's native controls in the UI, including web views, table views, the search field, and others. Apple's Core Location technology is used to track the user's location for searches based on the iPhone's current location. It was developed with Apple's iPhone 2.0 SDK using xCode 3.1. See eventful.com/iphone for more information.
User Interface Design for Speaker Control Center. JBL wanted a sleek user interface design for their LSR4300 Studio Monitor Control Center. Our design team worked together with JBL's development team to bring their original pencil sketches to life. The 3D user interface makes it easier to configure high-end speaker systems. The system has won many awards within the pro audio industry.
CDMA Modem Driver. We were hired by Kyocera to develop a Mac OS X kernel driver for the Amd'd Jet and Angel cell phone and Kyocera's EVDO PCMCIA card. A single driver was developed to work with both devices, providing the user with high speed wireless EVDO data access, all with the built-in network connection facilities of OS X. We also developed a configuration utility, which automatically configures OS X's Internet Connect application for quick & easy setup.
eMusic.com Download Manager. We implemented the Macintosh version of eMusic Download Manager based on Carbon so that it runs natively on both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. The self-updating download manager is used to download music files from eMusic.com, parse XML metadata, and perform EMP file decryption.
Mobile Movie Showtimes. Terry Hines & Associates hired us to create applications for viewing local movie showtimes. We began by designing an SMS based search tool, to be used as a part of our client's motion picture marketing campaigns. After the initial phase we developed a website and a mobile WAP site, which serve as entertainment resource gateways. We also developed an SMS subscriber list management tool, and a number of web services and Flash/HTML widgets that can be embedded in other sites. Most recently, we created an iPhone version of the WAP site, where users can look up movie showtimes, view entertainment news and gossip, or information about the films themselves. We have also added a feature where SMS or Flash requests can triggered a return voice message, and added an online community to the WAP site.
Flash Application for Designing Modular Furniture. The Evo Designer is a Flash application that enables users to design modular audio/visual furniture. Developed for Vantage Point, the system makes it easy for clients to visualize their design before ordering parts. When the design is complete, the application connects with a third-party e-commerce system using an API we developed. We also produced a separate kiosk version, to be deployed as a desktop application in hardware stores. The Evo Designer application is available online at www.theevosystem.com.
iTunes Plugin for SRS Labs. SRS Labs hired us to develop an iTunes plug-in so they could bring their WowHd audio processing technology to Mac users. The plug-in (including a free trial version) is available here.
Document Server UI for Disney Consumer Products. Disney hired Art & Logic to complete the interface enhancements to the Disney branded document server, dRoom. dRoom is based on Documentum and eRoom servers, both products of EMC. Disney wanted Art & Logic to bring the Macintosh version to parity with their Windows product. Art & Logic was able to provide "Web 2.0" functionality and advanced features such as Finder-like file and folder handling right in the browser window as well as interacting with the Finder itself through natural drag and drop and copy/paste gestures.
Flash client for monitoring yachts. Our client, Maretron, created a sophisticated dashboard for large boats, displaying crucial information such as wind speed, position, and tank levels from a network of sensor devices. We re-implemented this system as a portable Flash client, with a new visual design, that uses the marine standard NMEA 2000 protocol. Since the captain might be monitoring wirelessly or from shore, the connection is encrypted with SSL. We also added an authoring feature, so that captains can create their own dashboards and configure the controls in various ways. Layouts can be saved and shared with others.
iLearning Online Interactive for Harcourt Interactive Technology (iloli™). Art & Logic developed a web application that presents Harcourt’s published Reading and Math Assessment Tests to elementary school students across the country via the internet. The application enables school superintendents to create Teacher accounts, who in turn can create Student accounts, create classroom groups, assign tests to students either as a group or as part of their individual development plans. Students log onto the system, take tests, and view test results instantaneously. Teachers and Supervisors can view reports to gauge how students are performing against state benchmarks. A separate offline application was developed for importing XML content into the backend database. The iloli™ application will scale to many thousands of simultaneous users.
Following the completion of the original application for Harcourt Interactive Technology (HIT), the Harcourt Education and Measurement (HEM) group hired Art & Logic to modify the original application for use with their testing products. Unlike the HIT product, which was intended as a practice tool, the HEM product is a “high stakes” test administered to students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Art & Logic is now using the iloli™ application to meet the needs of several more Harcourt divisions.
Web interface for VoIP accelerator. Israel-based Kagoor Networks hired Art & Logic to create the embedded web interface for their VoiceFlow 1000 voice-over-IP accelerator. Using the GoAhead WebServer and an early version of the Art & Logic Device Manage Framework, Art & Logic was able to develop a highly interactive interface, including real-time scrolling graphs, in only 116K of memory. Art & Logic’s Online Conferencing System served as a collaborative workspace for the two companies, overcoming geographic distances.
Honorable mention, Best Multimedia Software at COMDEX. Developed for Accordance Music Systems, HotzMaker is a graphical authoring system for creating multimedia MIDI experiences. The program allows the user to connect components such as images and sliders to build detailed graphical landscapes that are both beautiful and functional. These landscapes let beginning musicians play along with a CD, even if they don’t know the chords of the song, while spectacular graphics are synchronized to the music.
E-Mu audio sampler. E-Mu hired Art & Logic to implement two dialogs for their new software sampler. The dialogs went beyond simply picking files and allowed users to manually or automatically create regions, lay out the samples or regions on the keyboard, and preview their work. This project had Art & Logic tightly integrating into E-mu’s development environment using a VPN for direct access to their CVS archives while working directly with E-Mu engineers on common code.
Lucis plugin for Photoshop, Illustrator, and PhotoDeluxe. The LucisArt plugin supports Photoshop, Photoshop LE, Illustrator and PhotoDeluxe. Based on patented technology originally developed for medical and scientific imaging, LucisArt gives the user the ability to repair photographic problems, including the following features: Exposure, Whyeth, Klimpt, Winslow, Sculpture, Plaid, and Mix. Art & Logic developed the cross-platform LucisArt plugin for Mac OS and Windows.
Lucis Pro is an application used by medical and scientific professionals to extract detail from monochrome and color images using a patented Differential Hysteresis Processing technology. ICT asked Art & Logic to implement bug fixes and enhancements to previous releases of Lucis, and to complete the new Lucis Pro version 5. ICT asked Art & Logic to port LucisArt from Windows to Macintosh.
DC100 Control Application. Leica Microscopy, in Switzerland, hired Art & Logic to port their Windows image manipulation software to the Macintosh platform. Art & Logic was responsible for the application, drivers, and TWAIN drivers. The resulting software captures 24-bit image data from a digital camera and renders it on the screen in real time. Images can be saved to a variety of file formats, including TIFF, JPEG, and PICT.
Web-based DMS for Motorola. Motorola’s SURFboard wireless cable modem incorporates gateway, firewall, VPN, and WEP security features. Art & Logic developed an API which allowed cable service providers to customize the interface at runtime, selectively hiding and showing content and changing fields to read/write or read-only. The interface was integrated with a customized version of the GoAhead Webserver and Art & Logic’s own Device Management Framework.
Virtual patchbay application. Otari hired Art & Logic to develop a virtual patchbay application that controls how pieces of audio equipment communicate over a firewire network. Art & Logic solved a number of difficult design problems including how to quickly display and update the thousands of connection possiblities between multiple audio devices. This software is currently used in real-time production at locations such as television stations and live performance theatres.
Multi-product management software for SMS product line. Redback Networks had developed one of the most sophisticated networking products ever, the SMS 1000 multi-protocol virtual router/switch/bridge. Now it needed a configuration and management interface that network providers could actually use.
Having heard through about the work that Art & Logic was doing for other networking product companies, Redback hired Art & Logic to create the SMS 1000 product’s management interface.
Since then Redback has grown from a startup into a highly respected public company, while continuing to work with Art & Logic on several new products. The original codebase, including the Art & Logic Advanced JavaScript Control Suite and some tricky searching, sorting, and filtering software, has sped development of the rest of Redback’s product line.
Because of the complexity of the SMS products they became a showcase of embedded internet capabilities. For example, the device interface can show which plugin cards are in which device slots and can defer committing a large set of cached configuration changes to eliminate conflicts.
Digital audio plugin SDK and support for ROLAND® V-STUDIOS™ digital recording studio. When ROLAND® decided to add a third-party plugin architecture to their popular V-STUDIOS™ digital audio workstations, they called Art & Logic for assistance. Through a partnership between the two companies, Art & Logic consulted with ROLAND engineers developing the VS8F-3 expansion card, and created a Software Development Kit (SDK) to be used by third-party developers of audio effects plugins.
Art & Logic played a critical role in all phases of this project. Early in the design process, Art & Logic advised the ROLAND engineers when selecting a DSP chip for their card. After the successful release of the SDK, Art & Logic became ROLAND’s development and support partner, assisting third-party developers and acting as a liaison with ROLAND’s design team in Japan. [more info]
Web-based management for DesignJet 5000 large format printer. Printers are among the many networked devices getting web-based management systems. Recognizing that their in-house web design team might not have the specialized experience for device management, a Hewlett Packard division based in Spain asked Art & Logic to create the management interface for the DesignJet 5000.
Art & Logic gathered all requirements and developed the entire product remotely. Use of the Art & Logic Online Conferencing System was supplemented by phone conferences scheduled between U.S. and European time zones.
The final product features dynamic ink level monitoring and print job status (using proprietary lightweight JavaScript code), printer configuration, design integration with the DesignJet support web site, and internationalization of the user interface for six languages.
Device management for DSL product line. Accelerated Networks’ AN product line (AN-30, AN-24, etc.) all share a web interface in which some pages are different depending on which specific product is serving the page. Several years before this, Art & Logic had collaborated with Rapid Logic to develop the MIBWay SNMP inheritance component, and this was a perfect fit for the Accelerated Networks web interface, since most of the device was already manageable through SNMP. The web interface also features “wizards” which step the user through common tasks; although these are very simple from the user’s perspective, they involve very complex code to translate between the user’s expectations and the device architecture.
Drivers and applications for Alesis Studio Electronics. Art & Logic developed sample accurate Mac OS and Windows ASIO drivers for the Alesis ADAT-PCR PCI card, as well as the Windows MME MIDI and audio driver, and Mac OS Sound Manager and OMS drivers. To support this work we designed and maintained an SDK that allows third-party developers to interface to the card.
In addition, Art & Logic developed the cross-platform (Mac OS and Windows) “ADAT Connect” application that supports the sample accurate bi-directional transfer of audio data between the computer’s hard disk and an ADAT. Art & Logic also maintained and helped to develop Sound Bridge, a cross-platform sample librarian for the QS and DMPro families of synthesizers, and even created a utility that is used in-house by Alesis for production testing of the ADAT-PCR card.
Multi-interface router management system. Allegro Networks’ project included several web interfaces. For the first phase of the project Allegro hired Art & Logic to prototype a user interface with an emphasis on interaction design. In the second phase of the project this was translated into a functional user interface, which finally was beautified to create a finished project.
Web-based Network Management System for Anritsu. The Anritsu web management system features port graphics smoothly updating in real time to show current port status. The modular front panel display shows the actual population of modules determined at run-time.
Auto-Tune 3 DirectX. Antares Audio Technologies hired Art & Logic to bring their world standard Auto-Tune 3 professional intonation correcting plugin onto the Microsoft Windows platform. Art & Logic enhanced the original codebase by adding DirectX envelope automation, improving the user interface, and updating the architecture to exploit the audio capabilities unique to Microsoft Windows. Art & Logic worked closely with PACE to ensure that InterLok copy protection was integrated into the final product. As the development neared completion, Art & Logic created and managed a beta program to ensure that Auto-Tune 3 would be ready to ship immediately upon acceptance. Antares’ web store enjoyed its largest volume in history following the release of Auto-Tune 3 DirectX. Auto-Tune 3 won the prestigious 2001 TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Award in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement in Signal Processing Software. Art & Logic continues to work with Antares to maintain, enhance, and package a variety of their products.
Java-based control interface for wireless broadband product. Aperto Networks hired Art & Logic to develop a Java-based web interface for their wireless broadband product. The interface shows wireless base stations as polyhedrons, with sectors changing color to show error conditions. The interface also allows a service provider to drill down to the other end of the network.
Enhanced CD Player application for Apple Computer. A group of companies, including Sony, Philips, and Microsoft have developed an enhanced compact disc format that joins standard music tracks with interviews, lyrics, music videos, and electronic liner notes. Apple Computer hired Art & Logic to create the cross-platform (Windows and Mac OS) player application for this new medium. Art & Logic worked directly with Apple’s QuickTime Development Group to implement the delivery mechanism for the multimedia content stored on the enhanced CDs.
Spa Controller for Balboa Instruments. Balboa wanted to optimize their PIC-18-based spa control system for testability and improve quality while decreasing maintenance time. Art & Logic performed a review of the old code, extracted important segments and design structures that represented a large investment for Balboa, then restructured the design to meet the new goals. Art & Logic also implemented the new code for both the PIC system and a Windows-based simulator that allows testing the timing of system events at 5-times normal speed.
Web-based Switch Management System for Broadcom Corporation. Art & Logic was hired to develop a demonstration web-based management system to ship with Broadcom Corporation’s StrataSwitch™ development kit. The StrataSwitch™ development kit simplifies the development of a network Layer 2 or Layer 3 switch using Broadcom’s BCM5600 Integrated Multi-Layer Switch. The web-based management system provides Broadcom’s customers with a head start on the development of their own web management system.
VFZoom Photoshop Plugins for Celartem Technology, Inc. The Vector Format for Zooming (VFZ) is a file format that provides 100% loss-less compression and a powerful image scaling/zooming capability that allows one to magnify an image by percentage or size. Images may be read or written in the VFZ format or optionally JPEG, TIFF, or bitmap without any loss in quality. The PFZ format is similar but additionally offers password protection together with user- or file-based privileges. Art & Logic developed the cross-platform VFZ Export and VFZ Import plugins for Mac OS and Windows localized for English and Japanese using the Adobe Dialog Manager (ADM) and based on version 2.4 of Celartem’s VFZ SDK.
Web-based management for network storage product. Chaparral Network Storage hired Art & Logic to develop the web interface to their Intelligent Storage Router, which allows SCSI storage devices to connect to fiber channel networks.
Online Video Catalog System for Columbia Tristar Home Video. Art & Logic created the original online video catalog for Columbia Tristar Home Video. This web-enabled database allowed web surfers to browse, search for, and purchase videos online.
Mac OS audio drivers for Echo. Working with Echo Digital Audio Corporation, Art & Logic ported their generic driver framework from Windows NT to Mac OS, created ASIO and OMS drivers, and a console application. Echo is now able to support their entire line of high-quality audio hardware for the Macintosh, including Gina, Darla, Layla, Gina24, Darla24, Layla24, and Mona cards, using a single codebase. Most recently, we have ported this work to Mac OS X, helping Echo to remain on the leading edge of the audio interface world, and assisting them in learning the intricacies of OS X kernel development along the way, in order to allow them to maintain their products in-house.
iTunes plugin for e.Digital Corporation. Art & Logic was hired to develop an iTunes plugin to support a range of high-capacity digital audio players and portable digital jukebox devices on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. The software manages the transfer of audio content between the iTunes application and the audio player and maintains playlists used by the device to organize tracks.
Egenera PAN Manager web Interface. Art & Logic developed PAN Manager™, a web based management system for Egenera’s Processing Area Network. Egenera’s customers are able to provision, configure, allocate, monitor, and control clusters of servers entirely from a web browser. The management software is built with Java, running on Red Hat Linux with custom kernel modifications. Each hardware system component runs Java agents which cooperate to manage the system. The user interface is built with JSP and Java servlets on the Struts framework (http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/), which implements the Model- View-Controller design pattern to separate logic from presentation. JavaScript on the client side handles dynamic display of status data, as well as display and control functionality.
Web-based Network Management System for Ensemble Communications. Ensemble is a pioneer in Broadband Wireless Access. Art & Logic created the web-based interface for Ensemble’s Network Management System. The interface features many dynamic elements including a view of the base station, showing the real-time positions of cards and LED’s. Sophisticated JavaScript and HTML coding techniques were used to develop this dynamic user experience.
Neon Sign Design and Animation Control Software for Fluid Light Technologies. Art & Logic created both Windows and Mac OS versions of “NeonCAD”. Users can design arbitrarily complex neon signs using the CAD tools provided, and animate those signs using the client’s proprietary neon control technology that allows light to appear to move through a neon tube. The animation patterns may be previewed on the computer. The resulting sign layouts can be printed for sign fabricators, and the animation control data can be saved to the client’s neon controller hardware for deployment.
20th Century Fox Dailies Transfer Room. The Telecine application is the center of an automated, easy-to-use video duplication suite that provides custom daily copies for film and television productions. It controls a large variety of video devices, including tape decks, time coders, titlers, a patch bay, and a film-to-tape machine.
Mac OS audio drivers for Gadget Labs. Art & Logic developed the Mac OS ASIO driver for Gadget Labs’ Wave/824 PCI audio card. Using our proprietary audio driver framework, we also created an OMS driver and a control panel application.
Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion and Tiki Room. Developed for Gilderfluke & Co. of Burbank, California, PCMACS is a motion animation system used in the creation of movements for motorized live-action figures. Gilderfluke’s control electronics, along with Art & Logic’s software, have been used to create animated shows that are viewed daily by hundreds of thousands of visitors to Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Bullwinkles Family Fun Center, and Universal Studios.
Web-based Network Management System for Glenayre Western Multiplex. Art & Logic created a web-based interface for monitoring and configuring Glenayre’s Tsunami™ family of wireless Ethernet bridges. The Tsunami™ family of devices provides IP-based wireless extensions and connectivity to Ethernet networks (LANs, MANs, WANs, intranets, etc.). Institutions such as schools and hospitals can use Tsunami™ wireless Ethernet bridges to connect every computer in their facility to their WAN and the internet.
Web-based Interface for Harris’ ClearBurst™ broadband wireless system. Harris hired Art & Logic to develop a web-based interface to provision, control, and monitor this system for broadband wireless data networking. The system is used by carriers in areas where laying new cable for a network is cost-prohibitive. The interface features drilldown capability from the base unit to connected and remote transceivers with dynamic updating of status and performance indicators.
HomeNet PDA User Interface. Art & Logic redesigned and optimized HomeNet Communication’s existing user interface for PDA display. Following handheld UI standard guidelines, the interface and navigation were restructured for the screen’s 240 x 320 pixel dimensions, while remaining compatible with standard SVGA desktop environments.
USB driver and device support plugin. Hyun Won Inc. hired Art & Logic to develop a USB driver and device support plugin to enable their line of digital audio players to be used with Apple’s iTunes digital audio software. The software allows Macintosh users to transfer and manage audio files on the HWI players within the iTunes application.
Web-based Network Management System for InfoLibria. Art & Logic developed the web-based user interface for InfoLibria’s DynaCache™ networking caching device. InfoLibria’s DynaCache™ automatically stores commonly requested web objects closer to the local network, thereby improving response time while minimizing bandwidth demand to popular web sites.
Advanced management capabilities added to SpeedView networking product. InterSpeed already had a device management interface for their SpeedView product, but they didn’t have anyone available to do the embedded programming to bring all of the capabilities of the command line interface to the web interface.
While Art & Logic was selected for this work because of our background in web-based device management, it was Art & Logic’s VxWorks C++ capabilities that were vital to this project.
Working closely with an InterSpeed engineer, an Art & Logic engineer modified the command line code for access by the web interface.
Ethernet drivers for Kingston Technology. Art & Logic created all of the Mac OS ethernet drivers and diagnostic applications in the Kingston Technology EtheRx product line. These products cover PCI and PCMCIA bus architectures and operate at 10M and 100M network speeds. Art & Logic has kept the family of drivers updated to the latest ethernet driver frameworks released by Apple Computer and has worked closely with Kingston and Apple to ensure driver compatibility with new CPUs and Mac OS versions.
Non-destructive ultrasonic testing software for Krautkramer Branson. Art & Logic developed a Windows application that interfaces to Krautkramer Branson’s proprietary ultrasonic test hardware. The software package provides high speed analog and digital data acquisition, automatic flaw detection and measurement, pass/fail indications, and a sophisticated real-time data display. The package can be configured for a variety of manufacturing applications including aircraft turbine blades, ERW pipe, and diesel pistons.
Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 Printer Driver and Training for Lexmark. Lexmark hired Art & Logic to teach a two-week training course on Mac OS X printer driver development to an international team of their driver developers. Art & Logic created all course materials including sample code and PowerPoint presentations. Topics included support of a variety of USB printers, such as the Z33 and others. A functional driver was created during the course.
Web-based management system. Art & Logic created the web-based interface for Logic Innovations’ TSM-1000 MPEG multiplexer, which combines multiple MPEG input streams into one output stream. For the heart of this interface, Art & Logic created a fully-featured dynamic tree control in a Java applet. The tree control was maintained with real-time data using a custom XML protocol.
Internet streaming media capabilities added to flagship “TEAM” product. MUSICAM USA, an industry leader in audio transmission over data links, was ready to implement the internet capabilities designed into their TEAM product line. Time to market was short, so they drew on Art & Logic’s internet audio and networking expertise to complement their internal resources.
First there were many requirements gathering and architecture planning sessions involving MUSICAM USA and Art & Logic engineers. The project plan was then carried out by Art & Logic.
This plan included updating the product’s VxWorks board support package to the current Tornado version, developing a companion Windows NT service for Windows Media capabilities, and adding Ethernet audio streaming from the product’s internal TDM system.
Web interface for System 5000 router. Before Bay Networks was acquired by Nortel in 1998 their in-house team experimented with developing a web-based management system for their System 5000. They concluded that the project was quite different from a traditional web design project. When they searched for an outside team with the right specialization Art & Logic got the call.
Starting with the in-progress system, Art & Logic added the Advanced JavaScript Control Suite, giving the interface cross-browser compatibility and a palette of controls suited to device management.
Nortel requested graphics and usability enhancements. Art & Logic worked closely with their team to create a unique color theme selector.
The System 5000 prototype was not available during development, but its sophisticated management interface was successful because of Art & Logic’s extensive prior experience with similar devices.
Appraisal Applications for Norwest Mortgage. Mortgage lenders have traditionally been major consumers of real estate appraisal services. Each time someone applies for a home equity loan or a lender sells their loan portfolio to another lender, appraisals are involved. With the high cost of sending a skilled appraiser out to each property, lenders have looked for ways of minimizing the need for physical appraisals.
Using analysis techniques developed by a veteran real estate appraiser, Art & Logic developed a series of appraisal applications that utilize sales data available from online services. In many cases these software tools have eliminated the need for a physical appraisal, reducing costs for lenders.
Desktop Exec Client Software for Océ Groupware Technology. The Office Exec software intercepts print requests from any application and allows the user to specify print, fax, e-mail and storage parameters for the job. The client software then sends the print job via TCP/IP to the server software running on Windows 2000 Server, where the job is routed to the appropriate output device based on the job parameters. Art & Logic used XML and XSLT technologies to create dynamic dialogs that system administrators can easily configure on the server. Art & Logic developed the Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X client software, including a custom Mac OS 9 desktop printer, a custom Mac OS X CUPS backend, and their corresponding client and status applications.
Office Exec Client Software for Océ Groupware Technology. The Office Exec software intercepts print requests from any application and allows the user to specify print, fax, e-mail and storage parameters for the job. The client software then sends the print job via TCP/IP to the server software running on Windows NT, where the job is routed to the appropriate output device based on the job parameters. Art & Logic developed the Mac OS client software, including a custom desktop printer and its corresponding client and status applications.
Web-based DSLAM Management System for PairGain. DSL technology enables high-speed data communication over existing copper wires. The DSLAM (DSL access multiplexer) is the critical component in the DSL provider’s central office. Art & Logic created the user interface through which the DSL provider monitors and configures DSL circuits.
Property Survey and Analysis Reporting Site for PSAR Systems. PSAR Systems, a real-estate appraisal company, hired Art & Logic to develop a Windows application that, using PSAR’s proprietary technology, automatically provided property appraisals when supplied with just a property address. Art & Logic later converted this Windows application into a web-based application. A large SQL database was designed and implemented to replace both the client’s old data store and to provide integrated accounting, generalized P2P interface definitions, internationalization support, and abstracted algorithm support. An application layer was designed and implemented using XML to communicate with clients/vendors at both ends of the solution, and to communicate with the computation engine’s COM automation interface.
Ground-breaking network device management system under pSOS for flagship product. In 1996, managing a networking device with a web browser was almost unheard of. Sonoma Systems, later acquired by Nortel, chose Art & Logic for our strong object-oriented capabilities.
The embedded solution created by Art & Logic “solved the problem behind the problem,” in the words of the client. The project involved close interaction with the OS vendor (ISI) because Art & Logic engineers were pushing their pSOS C++ compiler farther than anyone had before.
Art & Logic created an HTML tagging language, wrote the embedded code to implement it, and coded the HTML files to use the new language. The custom tagging created a foundation for easy feature changes and faster new product development - a departure from previous brute-force implementations. The technique also substantially reduced code line count, which reduced defects.
The resulting system was not only solid, but had substantial features, such as session management, security, and user account management.
Academy Award for Technical Achievement. The ADE system, developed for Soundelux in Hollywood, California, combines software application and interface electronics to help film sound editors bridge the gap between traditional movieola editing and digital editing. ADE automatically generates a list of edits on the computer by reading the physical cuts on the film stock. The device improves the accuracy of the initial edits and reduces labor by many hours for a typical feature film.
Media Player plugin for SRS Labs’ “WOW Thing!” Art & Logic developed a unique user interface design based on the client’s sketches, including round windows, curved slider controls, and custom graphics.
USB MIDI Drivers. Steinberg hired Art & Logic to write their USB MIDI interface device drivers for Mac OS Classic, to support their Midex 8 and Midex 3 devices. Art & Logic implemented Steinberg’s LTB time-stamping protocol to solve inherent USB timing problems. Art & Logic engineers then had to make the driver work with OMS (the standard for MIDI on Mac OS). With Steinberg in Germany, the Art & Logic Online Conferencing System kept everyone in the loop without requiring expensive transcontinental phone calls. The success of this project led to the opportunity to port these drivers to OS X.
Tally Parser for Kalypso Video Production Center. Tally Display hired Art & Logic to add support for the Kalypso Switcher to their Real-time Tally Display Suite of On-Air tally indicators for Under-Monitor Displays. Art & Logic’s previous experience with the Kalypso Switcher allowed them to complete the tally protocol parser ahead of schedule and with no defects. Art & Logic also supported Tally Display in the field and again when support for the Zodiak switcher was added.
Laser-based communications management interface. TeraBeam uses laser technology to provide last-mile broadband solutions. Art & Logic developed the web interface using a simulated back-end while TeraBeam developed the embedded code.
Theatre Directory Client Application for Terry Hines & Associates. The Theatre Directory application allows theatre owners to publish movie advertisements and schedules with Terry Hines’ online theatre directory. The user can download last week’s listings, add new movies, make modifications, print the listings, and save them back on the server via FTP. The data format is defined in an XML syntax and utilizes IBM’s International Classes for Unicode to ensure correct handling of text in any language. The application dynamically builds or modifies the XML document from a form that is customized for fast data input.
Web interface for voice services platform. ThinkEngine hired Art & Logic to design the user interface for their TEN1000 multi-network voice services platform. Since hardware development lagged behind the web interface, Art & Logic’s design team created photo-realistic imagery working from just drawings and schematics.
Various Embedded Web Demos Since 1996 Art & Logic has created several web-based demos for clients and partners.
Audio Watermarking 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. 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.
MedCollege Web Site for Victory Technology. Emergency Medical professionals around the world used MedCollege to meet their strict training requirements. MedCollege provided an online interactive implementation of emergency medical training courses, quizzes, case studies, dictionary, and bookstore. EM technicians could use MedCollege to receive accredited continuing education credit in order to maintain or to receive certification.
WaveScribe Web Application. Art & Logic was hired to create an online transcription service for Rapid Transcript. WaveScribe is a web-based mechanism that coordinates the transfer of data between medical professionals and online transcriptionists. Medical professionals upload voice data to the system. Transcriptionists log onto the WaveScribe application from a standard web browser and view the voice files as pending transcription jobs. Transcriptionists can accept the next available job in the system, listen to the recorded data online and transcribe the data directly into the system. WaveScribe provides the necessary administrative tools to Rapid Transcript editors to approve the transcriptions, track performance of transcriptionists, and to arrange proper compensation to those providing the service. An online demonstration of WaveScribe is available upon request.
Music in Education™ for Yamaha. “The philosophy of the Music In Education program is singular in purpose: to create a classroom music program that provides a contemporary focus to the musical and curricular traditions of the general music classroom.” Art & Logic was hired by Yamaha to port the Windows version of Music in Education™ to a native Cocoa application for Mac OS X. The MIE system includes 16 MIE keyboards linked with MIDI to the MIE software running on a G4 Macintosh computer. The software provides a hands-on learning experience for students while freeing the instructor to move among the students while accessing accompaniments and music samples via a wireless remote control system.
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