SANTIAGO ARCONADA ALVAREZ
  • My years living off a salary
  • What I make when my mind wanders
  • Neuroscience Experiments
  • VRKeyboard
  • Contract Work

Prelude

This page contains non-professional work I have done. Most of these projects I did out of interest, for a hackathon, or as part of my education. Hence they are described with varying degrees of specificity (hint: those for school are very detailed). The projects that are here now are so because I'm either still involved in the work, I find them relevant to what I want to do next, or simply I can't let go off them just yet. I hope you find some common interests and we can share a mission in the future.

Wearable Research

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Passive Learning - Language

This study proposes a haptic-based wearable armband to enhance the learning of an additional language. 

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Passive Learning - Music

This study involves the simulation of a synesthesia-like experience for non-synesthetes, to enhance the learning of a musical skill. 

Web

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College of Computing Website Overhaul

This project involves user needs research and design implication for the redesign of the College of Computing website at Georgia Tech.
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Welcoming Atlanta Eviction Protection Tool
This project involves creating a website to help Hispanic residents of Atlanta obtain and apply protection against eviction from the CDC

Accessibility

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Shopping Without Numbers

This project explores using a smartphone application to simplify the shopping experience for individuals with Dyscalculia.
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Auditory Scanner

This project proposes an auditory-based system for phone positioning while scanning a surface.

Virtual & Mixed Reality

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Dive Into "The Persistence of Memory"

Dive into a 3D representation of The Persistence of Memory painting by Salvador Dali using A-Frame.
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Library of Alexandria VR

Dive into a recreation of the Library of Alexandria in VR and retrieve an important scroll, you only have 15 minutes before the portal closes.

Mobile Apps

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SPark

SPark eliminates the need to hunt for parking by providing a user-friendly tool that identifies the number of available spots in a parking structure. 
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Manny

Manny is a prototyped iOS App that uses Natural Language Processing from Microsoft Azure services to provide a personalized text suggestion.

Miscellaneous

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Trivia for Muggles

The Skill is a game of Harry Potter with 100 questions of different levels, it uses Amazon's text to speech converter and voice recognition.
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Escape Room

Built two puzzles for an outdoor escape room using off-the-shelf hardware and electronic components.
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Light Keyboard
Incorporated LEDs for all the keys in a keyboard to recreate the experience a person with Synesthesia might have playing a song.
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SunSafe Drive
SunSafe Drive is an attachment that fits on your sunglasses to prevent lateral sun incidence on the eyes, it can also serve as a publicity platform.
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Boxera

Boxera, is a smart-device that automates the process of purchasing consumables when it detects that you are running low, one example being soap. 
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  • My years living off a salary
  • What I make when my mind wanders
  • Neuroscience Experiments
  • VRKeyboard
  • Contract Work