On behalf of Craig Martin:
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From: Dean Johnston <djohnsto...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Jmol-developers] serious refactoring of Jmol
To: jmol-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
Is there anywhere to get more details info (source, binaries) for the
"Molecular Playground" setup? I looked at the web site, but the details are
sparse. I'd love to set something like this up here.
Dean
Thanks for your interest in the Molecular Playground and YES, we definitely
want to encourage other installations (there are four currently either in
production or undergoing installation as we speak). This project was funded
by a grant from the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, with the specific
intent of fostering installations around the country/world.
The hardware costs for your own Playground are minimal:
$150 Kinect Device (an XBox peripheral)
$700 Mac Mini (any reasonably recent Macintosh computer will do)
$ ?? Projector (here costs could range from $300 to $6,000, depending on
your local requirements - ambient light, etc)
The setup then just requires mounting, electrical, and internet connection.
Other than the physical requirements of your specific mounting, setting up a
Playground is very easy.
Please visit
<http://MolecularPlayground.org<http://molecularplayground.org/>>
for more information
We're currently working on placing a downloadable package there, complete
with instructions. Stay tuned to that site. If you're impatient and want to
start playing immediately, contact me directly.
Note that you'll be able to play with this as a one shot, if you already
have or can borrow the hardware above. Put the projector and Kinect on a
table or step-ladder and point it at a wall. I've already had a colleague
take a setup to a conference to demonstrate the system.
Finally, for those who don't know what this is, the Molecular Playground is
an interactive exhibit that allows passersby to "play" with molecules
projected on a wall (driven by Jmol, of course!). A simple wave of the arm
will allow users to take control of and rotate the molecule, for example.
We've had one up and running at UMass for two years now and it's received a
lot of favorable attention. Individual installations will be able to choose
their own playlist of molecules from a database here at UMass.
We are also looking for submissions of content (content submission will be
available from the above WEB site as well - soon, we hope!). So Jmol
developers take note - we hope for great things from you all!
Sincerely,
Craig T. Martin
Professor of Chemistry
Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Member Program in Molecular & Cellular Biology
Department of Chemistry
Lederle Graduate Research Tower, Room 104
University of Massachusetts
710 N Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01003
cmar...@chem.umass.edu
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Dean Johnston <djohnsto...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Is there anywhere to get more details info (source, binaries) for the
> "Molecular Playground" setup? I looked at the web site, but the details are
> sparse. I'd love to set something like this up here.
>
> Dean
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Jonathan Gutow <gu...@uwosh.edu> wrote:
>
>> This looks cool...I'm going to see if I can convince my School to set
>> something up.
>>
>> Jonathan
>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:55 AM, Robert Hanson wrote:
>>
>> > Over the past few days I've been doing some major refactoring of Jmol
>> 12. The changes should be transparent, but the overall effect should be
>> significant.
>> >
>> > All core java.awt and java.swing references are now made from within
>> org.jmol.awt or org.jmol.export (where all the file dialogs are).
>> org.jmol.console, org.jmol.modelkit, and org.jmol.viewer.MouseManager14.java
>> (now Mouse.java) have all been moved into org.jmol.awt. This is in
>> preparation for Mario Kosmiskas integrating his Jmol Android and NET apps
>> into core Jmol. Both Android and NET will be separate Java/C## projects
>> (within the Jmol Sourceforge project) that link to the Jmol project, so
>> developers not interested in those won't need the Android SDK.
>> >
>> > In addition, I've been working with Adam Williams at U-Mass Amherst on
>> adding JSON-protocol NIO socket and "kiosk" capability to the Jmol app. What
>> this means is that you will be able to start Jmol in kiosk mode, which
>> basically makes the application look like the applet (an undecorated black
>> square) that can be projected onto a wall. By specifying a port number on
>> the Jmol command line, you will be able to communicate with Jmol via that
>> port essentially like applets communicate with each other using SYNC
>> commands. Adam has written a Kinect-driven "host" that takes this Jmol app
>> as its client. Jmol listens asynchronously on the port for raw mouse
>> motions, script commands, and SYNC messages using a simple JSON protocol,
>> and reports back to the host when a script has completed. Adam has installed
>> this at U-Mass Amherst as the Molecular Playground
>> http://molecularPlayground.org and we are currently installing a version
>> of this at St. Olaf.
>> >
>> > So maybe the theme for the week is "from small to large -- Jmol on cell
>> phones and in public spaces."
>> >
>> > Bob
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Robert M. Hanson
>> > Professor of Chemistry
>> > St. Olaf College
>> > 1520 St. Olaf Ave.
>> > Northfield, MN 55057
>> > http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
>> > phone: 507-786-3107
>> >
>> >
>> > If nature does not answer first what we want,
>> > it is better to take what answer we get.
>> >
>> > -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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Robert M. Hanson
Professor of Chemistry
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
phone: 507-786-3107
If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.
-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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