Sunday, June 26, 2011

Visit to the Gordon Lab

Last Friday I was excited to get to visit Myrmecologist Deborah Gordon and her Ant lab at Stanford. I scoped out their research and computer vision techniques and shared what we have been doing at Georgia Tech. This fall, we'll be getting in better touch and do more thorough collaborations with them.


Man, Stanford has such a gorgeous (and expensive) campus!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Stupid Fun Club Summer


This summer I am working as a designer at the Stupid Fun Club. This is Will Wright (creator of "The Sims," "SimCity," and "Spore")'s crazy think tank for Toys, TV, and Games. Most of what I do here is TOP SECRET, but here are some examples of things that have come out of the SFC


Digital Naturalism Beginnings

This is Andy and I am starting a new blog to chronicle adventures in developing new digital tools and technology for science, art, and adventure!


Here's my bio:
Andrew Quitmeyer is a polymath adventurer interested in discovering new means of exploring and sharing our world. A fascination with science, nature, and the unknown lead him to his current work, designing and implementing computer-vision based animal behavioral research and documentaries. As a Digital Media PhD student, he also develops techniques and tools for expressing ideas in engaging and powerful new ways. His trans-disciplinary, multimedia works have been featured in outlets such as PBS, Cartoon Network, and BoingBoing.

Here's a nice little picture of me to get this started: