Projects
ASAP funding comes from implementing a variety of digital media projects for playing clients. This creates a necessity by design to continually develop new business and manage client interaction. ASAP will also take on pro-bono projects in situations where it affords exploration into a new technology.
On the menu to the left, there are some example projects. Many of these projects are online, so the final product can be looked at. Finished ProjectsMarcel Lecram
Marcel is a multimedia art research center that focuses on "artistic, educational and cultural experimentation, exchange between art and science and collaboration between art and industry." ASAP was commissioned by this group to develop the unique navigation for their website, the "Navihedron." We created a 3-dimentional object that can be manipulated by the user to move to different areas of the site. This fun and unique interface can be used at www.mmmarcel.org. By clicking on the the object and dragging the mouse, you can rotate the object. By clicking on a node, you can open a new section. <<Back to TopSecchi
The Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program coordinates volunteers all over the state who measure water quality of Maine lakes. Previously volunteers had to go through a recertification process on-site in Auburn to ensure quality measurements. ASAP developed an online recertification tool that will involve a simulation of the test process where an interactive reading can be taken from a virtual lake. You can try out the Secchi simulation at the following site. With a Secchi drop you lower a disk attached to a measuring tape into a lake until it dissapears, measuring the water clarity. <<Back to TopJumpBox TV
Jumpbox TV is a startup company in California creating an online television network. ASAP developed a web-based interface for browsing digital video. This system includes a dynamic library of previous shows and episodes as well as live interviews and events. There is also a feature that will allow users to chat online during an interview. Questions posed on the chat can be posed to the celebrity being interviewed realtime. <<Back to TopX Power
ASAP was commissioned by the Department of Defense to develop an interactive CD ROM with to support a classroom curriculum for mathematics. The final system has a series of educational games and tools which support various mathematic concepts. The project was implemented using a variety of multimedia tools including 3D modeling & animation, Adobe Director and Flash. The completed system was developed for distribution on CDROM. Two of the games created for this CD are available online. Click here to visit the X-Power website and try the games "Card Shark" and "Cross Out". Office of Planning & Policy Analysis
ASAP developed an online application for use by the University of Maine Office of Planning and Policy Analysis. This system provides access a large database of statistical information on university students in a means that is simple and intuitive. Dynamic charting of data online presents data clearly and quickly. To try out this application visit click here. Select parameters to query information on the student population and click "Generate Report". <<Back to TopMaine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants
The Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants is a statewide organization that monitors invasive aquatic plants and educates local individuals about the types of plants that are being introduced into Maine waterways. The Center solicited ASAP to develop a simulated laboratory environment for others to access. ASAP constructed a program using Adobe Flash that allows users to inspect various plants in a virtual lab. The site also includes narrated slide shows that educate the users about the plants. To visit the site click here. Once at the page, click "guest" to try out the course. <<Back to TopGalaxy of the Stars
The Buchanan Alumni House is an organization on campus that works to facilitate a relationship between the University of Maine community and its alumni. ASAP was approached to develop an interactive kiosk that would recognize famous UMaine alumni. ASAP constructed an interactive kiosk that houses biographical information of alumni, and provides multimedia (video, audio, text) to supplement this material. The kiosk is accessed via a 42-inch plasma screen at the Alumni House. <<Back to TopLobster Institute
The Lobster Institute, founded in 1987, "focuses on sustaining the American lobster resource (Homarus americanus) and a viable lobster fishery." ASAP Media Services created the following site for this organization. <<Back to TopCenter on Aging
The Center on Aging (COA) is a non-profit organization that advocates for rights of the elderly. This group hired ASAP to develop an online course application for professionals to gain certification in dealing with abuse of senior citizens. This system has a detailed administrative side which allows non-technical staff at COA to change any element of content in the course as well as collect data from students. The information on handling elder abuse is available for free. To visit this site, click here. <<Back to TopNAMI Online Classroom
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is a national organization dedicated to improving the lives of those living with serious mental illness and their families. Among the services provided by this organization are courses for professionals who work with the mentally ill such as doctors, nurses, police officers, etc. The Maine chapter of this group contacted ASAP to help move from workshop-based classes to an online experience. This will dramatically reduce the cost and widen the accessibility of these classes, many of which are key to neccessary certifications for professionals. ASAP developed a specialized online course system for NAMI Maine. This allows instructors to port existing course material to an automated, online environment where students have classes available on demand. <<Back to TopCurrent ProjectsiPointer
Intelligent Spatial Technologies, Inc. (iST) develops location-based services and technologies that transform the way people interact with the world around them. This company was founded by former ASAPer Chris Frank. The iPointer platform uses patented geospatial search technology to enable next generation mobile services such as pointing and proximity based mobile search, geotagging & blogging, GPS tracking and reporting, walking tours, city guides, pedestrian navigation, and targeted advertising. iST is currently working with ASAP in prototyping aspects of the design of this new product. <<Back to TopMargaret Chase Smith Center
The Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center (MCSPC) is "dedicated to advancing public discussion about important policy issues of our day." ASAP is working with MCSPC on two parallel projects. First, is an interactive kiosk which is the result of a joint collaboration with the Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan, ME. This kiosk will be presented on a plasma, touch-screen and will provide access to a database of media regarding the legacy of Senator Smith. The second project is an online management system which will not only allow dynamic updates to the MCSPC website, but internal management of several operations. The most ambitious of which is a new system for managing the internship application process. This part of the project is currently in the design phase and implementation will continue into the fall. <<Back to TopFlowCAM
Bigelow Labs, an ocean sciences research group, is working with the Computer Vision Lab at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to develop a system to identify, photograph, and classify phytoplankton (microscopic organisms in water). This project is part of a $2 million National Science Foundation grant. With every NSF grant, there is an outreach component to explain the research related to this system. Bigelow Labs and the Darling Marine Center have contracted ASAP to develop an online system to explain this research. This site, will take advantage of various media including animations, video, and interactive activities, to explain the scientific concepts and challenges related to this work. <<Back to TopGoMOOS
The Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System maintains a set of buoys that collect a wide variety of data, from temperature, to currents, to salinity. With roughly a gigabyte of data collected per day, the client needs a unique interface for rapidly querying and identifying key data events. ASAP Media Services was engaged to develop a web interface for visually creating queries and viewing results. It uses a unique method of visualization where multiple, parallel timelines display markers indicating dramatic changes in data (i.e. events). A prototype has been developed for this interface and can be viewed below. This project is currently entering phase 2, expanding upon the concepts learned from the prototype. GoMOOS Event Viewer Prototype<<Back to Top |