How to measure your heart rate with a webcam and some Processing code.

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I’m researching methods to render text along a path, like you can easily do in Illustrator. Unfortunately, it’s not so simple in Processing (unless someone knows of a library that does this).

You can find a demo and the source here. Click four times to set the curve points and handles. Move the mouse left and [...]

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In order to visualize multiple variables in a single time series, a stacked area (sometimes called a “stream”) chart is often useful. I am currently doing research for an upcoming visualization that will trace the development of ideas through a conversation. Unable to find processing code to create an area chart, I decided to write [...]

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I have become increasingly interested in tools to perform natural language processing. So much of how we approach and see problems is tied up in the words we find to describe them. I am currently exploring ways to use language to help define and understand problems as well as get out of creative blocks.
Below are [...]

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