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Neat projects! A lot of useful things for developers in there. My projects for this year are less developer oriented, just random things I thought were intere

by typpo 14y ago

Neat projects! A lot of useful things for developers in there. My projects for this year are less developer oriented, just random things I thought were interesting at the time: Six Degrees of Bowie - http://www.sixdegreesofbowie.com/ http://www.sixdegreesofbowie.com/ - simple musical influencers graph web-workers-fallback - https://github.com/typpo/web-workers-fallback https://github.com/typpo/web-workers-fallback - webworker compatibility layer Github Participation Graph - https://github.com/typpo/github-participation-graph https://github.com/typpo/github-participation-graph - chrome extension that improves some github aesthetics World of Loot - http://worldofloot.com/ http://worldofloot.com/ - pinterest-style mmo wishlists Asterank 3D - http://asterank.com/3d http://asterank.com/3d - interactive visualization of thousands of objects in our inner solar system Facebook Unsee - http://ianww.com/fb-unsee/ http://ianww.com/fb-unsee/ - chrome extensions that stops facebook from telling people when you've viewed a message Asterank - http://asterank.com http://asterank.com - a database of asteroids that catalogs their scientific attributes and potential economic value GiftHorse - http://gifthorse.us http://gifthorse.us - gift suggestion engine that barely generates revenue via amazon affiliate links TextBelt - http://textbelt.com http://textbelt.com - free outgoing SMS API KeepDream - http://keepdream.me http://keepdream.me - dream logging service

chrisjack 14y ago
Your Asterank and Asterank 3d is pretty cool. How did you get the value of the asteroids ?
- typpo 14y ago
  Thanks. I estimated the value based on spectral class, which gives us an idea of composition based on how they reflect light. I combined this with current prices for materials mostly from the London Metal Exchange. Other costs such as getting to the asteroid and mining overhead are factored in.
  - jk4930 14y ago
    Have you shown this to Planetary Resources? Just for the fun and some PR of it (at least)?
  - 46Bit 14y ago
    This sounds awesome, nicely done. I've been planning to do a hack like this to demonstrate the realities of interstellar travel, modelled after a game I played as a child.
cloudsteam 14y ago
Asterank is frankly inspiring, thanks so much for sharing - well done!
alexpopescu 14y ago
Where did you get the data for Asterank? The visualization part looks pretty neat.
- typpo 14y ago
  All my sources are listed on http://asterank.com/about http://asterank.com/about. Most of the raw data comes from the Minor Planet Center and JPL. The intuition on how to calculate value and cost comes from a number of papers on the subjects of asteroid composition and other asteroid characteristics. The actual value calculations are just formulas that I created and tweaked based on several reference objects.

by typpo 14y ago

chrisjack 14y ago

Your Asterank and Asterank 3d is pretty cool. How did you get the value of the asteroids ?

typpo 14y ago
Thanks. I estimated the value based on spectral class, which gives us an idea of composition based on how they reflect light. I combined this with current prices for materials mostly from the London Metal Exchange. Other costs such as getting to the asteroid and mining overhead are factored in.
- jk4930 14y ago
  Have you shown this to Planetary Resources? Just for the fun and some PR of it (at least)?
- 46Bit 14y ago
  This sounds awesome, nicely done. I've been planning to do a hack like this to demonstrate the realities of interstellar travel, modelled after a game I played as a child.

cloudsteam 14y ago

Asterank is frankly inspiring, thanks so much for sharing - well done!

alexpopescu 14y ago

Where did you get the data for Asterank? The visualization part looks pretty neat.

typpo 14y ago
All my sources are listed on http://asterank.com/about http://asterank.com/about. Most of the raw data comes from the Minor Planet Center and JPL. The intuition on how to calculate value and cost comes from a number of papers on the subjects of asteroid composition and other asteroid characteristics. The actual value calculations are just formulas that I created and tweaked based on several reference objects.