Reinis Elksnis

As a part of Glasgow University Tech Societies (GUTS) hackathon we developed a mobile application that uses Estimote bluetooth proximity beacons to bring virtual chatrooms back into the physical world. The phone recognizes the beacon and is able to join the chatroom as long as it is in its proximity. This means that digital conversations can have a physical space assigned to them. The application was developed on Android, using the Estimode SDK, and server was run on an EC2 instance provided by… Show more

As a part of Glasgow University Tech Societies (GUTS) hackathon we developed a mobile application that uses Estimote bluetooth proximity beacons to bring virtual chatrooms back into the physical world. The phone recognizes the beacon and is able to join the chatroom as long as it is in its proximity. This means that digital conversations can have a physical space assigned to them. The application was developed on Android, using the Estimode SDK, and server was run on an EC2 instance provided by Amazon Web Services.

Technologies used: Estimote beacon, Android (Java), Spring framework, Amazon Web Services

Our team received recognition as well as a prize for this project from one of the hackathons sponsors - J.P. Morgan. Show less

The aim of the project is to build a simple instant messaging system, written in Java, to develop understanding of networked systems and programming.
Supervisor: Dr Colin Perkins

It is strongly assumed that the Next Generation Vehicles (NGV) will be equipped with wireless devices to enable Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) supports. Besides, roads will be equipped with Road Side Units (RSU) that helps creating bridges between the Internet-based backbone and the VANET. This project aims to explore these technologies along with Social Networks to design a tool that collects information from social media and generates potential alert message for appropriate drivers in… Show more

It is strongly assumed that the Next Generation Vehicles (NGV) will be equipped with wireless devices to enable Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) supports. Besides, roads will be equipped with Road Side Units (RSU) that helps creating bridges between the Internet-based backbone and the VANET. This project aims to explore these technologies along with Social Networks to design a tool that collects information from social media and generates potential alert message for appropriate drivers in real-time. Show less