Ed Kahler's Home Page

Welcome to my homepage. Here you will find information about me, my work, and my blog.

Programmer

I am a full stack software engineer focusing in interactive systems. I specialize in data visualization, multi-touch, computer vision, game development, and rapid prototyping.

Artist

I enjoy creating both clasic and digital art. My favorite artist is Vincent Van Gogh. I feel comfortable with Adobe illustrator and photoshop.

Musician

I play bass gutair and used to be in a metal band. Ive played violin, and tought myself 6-string gutair, and paino. I also enjoy composing electronic music and house DJ'ing

Tinkerer

I love taking things apart and putting them back together (and finding the extra parts :p). I belive understanding how hardware gives me a deeper understanding on developing software for the platform

Work

Compiled and linked.

TacTile
TacTile is a High-definition Multi-touch LCD display designed for the visual exporation of scientific datasets.
FTIR
Used for games, data vis, education
Low Cost

Cli-Mate
Cli-Mate is an interactive multi-touch application for the visualization of climate data.
CLI wrapper
N-User
Enables coloberation by enhancing existing workflows

Flightdeck
The SFO Flight Deck is composed of three distinct but connected digital experiences — an interactive and real time large scale projection (you can’t miss it), six multi-touch kiosks that are rich with beautiful content, and a mobile takeaway component for those on the go.
Realtime Data Visulization
c++
Kinect
Located in SFO International Airport Terminal 3E

Beach Soccer
Battle lines are drawn with a one-of-a-kind, dual screen Kinect beach soccer game and smart vending experience.
Kinect enabled soccer game
Kinect tracks goalie's movement to block
Surface pro 2 is used to kick the ball
Unity

Indoor Positioning
Using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) indoor location-based tracking, we’re able to see movements and identities of smartphones throughout retail environments.
BLE + app based
high fedility of tracking
datavis writting in c++

rzrShop
BLE enabled retail space
App enabled smartphone activates displays within retail space
App can be opened to interact with displays
Enriching the retail experience by providing the right information at the right moment
Bridging the gap between physical and digital

Grand Vision
Magic Mirror experiences
Allows customers to try on specticals, capture how they look while wearing the specticals, and share to social media

Words

Streamed from the source

Contact Me

San Francisco Calaforina

773.502.4397

ed.kahler@dotslashed.com