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The app we started developing for Caltech last year is very close to be released in Google Play and the App Store. The app uses a mathematical technique named \u00a0Reduced Order Modeling (ROM) to build a surrogate one, as introduced in this paper<\/a>, to substitute months of supercomputer simulations of binary black hole collisions with real-time, online evaluations which produce indistinguishable results. \u00a0This technique reduces computational time by 10 or more orders of magnitude and can be used in broad range of very complex problems that would require months or even years of computation in a cluster. \u00a0It was developed in collaboration with Jonathan Blackman (Caltech), Chad Galley (Caltech), Scott Field (UMD), Rory Smith (Caltech), Bela Szilagyi (Caltech), Manuel Tiglio (UMD & Caltech), with the LIGO experiment (http:\/\/www.ligo.caltech.edu) as a scientific driver motivation. However, the ROM techniques and app are generic and versatile for any problem which requires fast, real-time predictive responses.<\/p>\n Check out the video: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4L03Nv86zxs\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div> LVK Labs is cooperating with an extraordinary group of physicists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to develop mobile applications. They apply research results from Reduced Order Modeling (ROM) to solve complex problems in the field of General Relativity, such as black hole collisions. The first version of the app was already presented in the CSME Seminar<\/a> during this talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n LVK Labs est\u00e1 colaborando con un extraordinario grupo de f\u00edsicos del Instituto de Tecnolog\u00eda de California (Caltech) para desarrollar aplicaciones m\u00f3viles. Ellos aplican resultados de la investigaci\u00f3n de Reduce Order Modelling<\/em> (ROM)\u00a0para resolver problemas complejos en el campo de la Relatividad General, como por ejemplo colisiones de de agujeros negros. \u00a0La primera versi\u00f3n de la aplicaci\u00f3n ya fue presentada en el Seminario CSME<\/a> durante esta charla<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mas informaci\u00f3n ROM en Relatividad General en http:\/\/www.tapir.caltech.edu\/~rom-gr\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Android screenshot \/\/ Captura de la versi\u00f3n Android<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div> OkMapIt consiste en una aplicaci\u00f3n \u201cmade in C\u00f3rdoba\u201d, desarrollada por egresados de la Facultad de Matem\u00e1tica, Astronom\u00eda y F\u00edsica de la UNC, para los Google Glass (o gafas de Google). Se trata de una de las 100 primeras app en el mundo y la primera en Argentina para este aparato que, seg\u00fan Google, reinventar\u00e1 la forma de explorar ciudades.<\/p>\n M\u00e1s sobre\u00a0okmapit.com El Jueves 29 de Agosto se present\u00f3 por primera vez en C\u00f3rdoba uno de los 2000 Google Glass<\/strong> disponibles en el mundo.\u00a0Junto al revolucionario dispositivo, la startup cordobesa LVK<\/strong> tambi\u00e9n mostr\u00f3 la primera aplicaci\u00f3n argentina para Glass: OkMapIt<\/strong>, la cual plantea reinventar la manera de explorar una ciudad. El evento se llev\u00f3 a cabo con el apoyo de la Facultad de Matem\u00e1tica, Astronom\u00eda y F\u00edsica (FaMAF<\/strong>) de la Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba (UNC<\/strong>) y se realiz\u00f3 en el Aula Magna de dicha instituci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n LVK<\/strong>\u00a0es una startup compuesta por cinco cordobeses (Andr\u00e9s, Pablo, Gonzalo, Gabriel y N\u00e9stor), profesionales de la industria software y egresados de FaMAF. Ellos han desarrollado la primera aplicaci\u00f3n completamente dise\u00f1ada y hecha para Google Glass del pa\u00eds, OkMapIt<\/strong>. Adem\u00e1s de mostrarnos el dispositivo, explicar c\u00f3mo funciona y se interact\u00faa con \u00e9l, nos plantean una nueva manera de descubrir una ciudad.\u00a0A trav\u00e9s de OkMapIt<\/strong>, un usuario de Glass carga puntos de inter\u00e9s; locales de compras favoritos, caf\u00e9s, restaurants, entre otros, y comienza a explorar. As\u00ed Glass lo gu\u00eda indicando los lugares de inter\u00e9s cercanos. \u00a0Entonces no importa si se hace el mediod\u00eda en una ciudad desconocida, simplemente alzando la vista uno visualiza las opciones para comer que satisfacen su gusto. Al instante de elegir, una voz le comienza a dar instrucciones: \u201cDerecho 30 metros\u201d, as\u00ed al llegar pueda sentarse a degustar su plato preferido.<\/p>\n LVK<\/strong>, despu\u00e9s de dos visitas consecutivas al Google I\/O, evento de tecnolog\u00eda llevado a cabo anualmente en San Francisco, EE.UU y considerado por muchos como el m\u00e1s grande del mundo, se hicieron con esta pieza de tecnolog\u00eda. No perdieron el tiempo y en cuanto lo tuvieron en sus manos se pusieron a programar. En s\u00f3lo 2 meses, crearon OkMapIt,\u00a0<\/strong>el resultado del trabajo de estos 5 profesionales, cada uno con m\u00e1s de 7 a\u00f1os de experiencia en la industria.<\/p>\n En la actualidad, Google Glass<\/strong> se encuentra en su etapa de prototipo y s\u00f3lo hay 2000 unidades en el mundo. Este es el primero de una l\u00ednea de dispositivos \u201cvestible\u201d \u2013 del ingl\u00e9s \u201cwearable device\u201d, y seguramente marcar\u00e1 el rumbo del desarrollo de la industria del software y el hardware mobile en los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os. Mediante Glass, un usuario tendr\u00e1 todo el poder de un tel\u00e9fono inteligente, sin utilizar sus manos. Al alzar la vista, un pantalla equivalente a un monitor de 25 pulgadas \u201cflota\u201d delante tuyo. Utilizando solamente comandos de voz, se puede desde navegar internet, pasando por mandar un sms, hasta filmar o sacar fotos. El dispositivo adem\u00e1s cuenta con una lista sorprendente de sensores: aceler\u00f3metro, magnet\u00f3metro, giroscopio, detector de luz ambiente, sensor de orientaci\u00f3n, de gravedad, entre otros. Lo que hace que la posibilidad de sus aplicaciones sean infinitas e impredecibles.\u00a0M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo mencionado, sus principales caracter\u00edsticas t\u00e9cnicas se resumen a un sistema operativo Android, CPU de dos n\u00facleos, c\u00e1mara de fotos y video, y en vez de auriculares, un \u201csistema de conducci\u00f3n directa a los huesos cercanos al o\u00eddo\u201d.<\/p>\n Para quienes se perdieron la charla pueden ver:<\/p>\n LVK le quiere agradecer especialmente el apoyo a FaMAF y UNC para el evento y a la prensa que cubri\u00f3 el mismo. Para seguir en contacto con los desarrollos de LVK en Glass y OkMapIt, sigannos en\u00a0@lvklabs<\/a>,\u00a0fb.me\/LVKLabs<\/a> y este blog.<\/p>\n<\/div> Google Glass: Presentaci\u00f3n del dispositivo y la primera aplicaci\u00f3n argentina<\/p>\n <\/strong> LVK<\/a><\/strong> presenta, con el apoyo de la Universidad Nacional de C\u00f3rdoba<\/a> – FaMAF<\/a>, Google Glass<\/a><\/strong>, el dispositivo de Google que promete cambiar la relaci\u00f3n de las personas con la tecnolog\u00eda.<\/p>\n Contando con uno de los 2000 dispositivos de Google Glass<\/strong> disponibles en el mundo, LVK<\/strong> mostrar\u00e1 su funcionamiento, explicar\u00e1 el concepto y la experiencia de utilizar este exclusivo prototipo.<\/p>\n Glass es el primero de una l\u00ednea de dispositivos vestibles – del ingl\u00e9s wearable devices<\/em> – que marcar\u00e1n el rumbo del desarrollo de la industria del software y el hardware mobile en los pr\u00f3ximos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n Los asistentes tambi\u00e9n ser\u00e1n introducidos a OkMapIt<\/strong>, una de las primeras 100 aplicaciones a nivel mundial dise\u00f1adas para esta plataforma. Esta aplicaci\u00f3n, desarrollada \u00edntegramente por el equipo de LVK<\/strong>, plantea reinventar la manera de explorar una ciudad<\/em>.<\/p>\n Se finalizar\u00e1 con una breve explicaci\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica \u00a0de c\u00f3mo desarrollar aplicaciones para Glass.<\/p>\n El evento se llevar\u00e1 a cabo el Jueves 29 de Agosto a las 17:30 hrs<\/strong> en Aula Magna de la Facultad de Matem\u00e1tica, Astronom\u00eda y F\u00edsica (FaMAF) de la UNC. \u00a0Av. Medina Allende S\/N, Ciudad Universitaria. Mapa:\u00a0http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/l3WEJ<\/a><\/p>\n El encuentro es de entrada libre y gratuita, pero con cupos limitados. Estos se sortear\u00e1n entre quienes se preinscriban en:\u00a0http:\/\/goo.gl\/G6XBPb<\/a><\/p>\n LVK<\/strong> es una startup creada por egresados de FaMAF-UNC enfocada en la innovaci\u00f3n, que desarrolla servicios y productos m\u00f3viles.<\/p>\n Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, consultar:<\/p>\n Julia Press Pack is available for download!!<\/p>\n Download Press Pack<\/a>\u00a0(5.0 MB)<\/p>\n \n<\/div> The first post of a tech startup should be filled with tech talk. Right? Well\u2026 maybe. I promise that future posts will be filled with tech talk, updates about our company, products, etc\u2026<\/p>\n But not today. Today I want to talk about what got us here: passion, friends, and of course, our love for software.<\/p>\n It all started during an asado (an ancestral Argentine ritual that we try to honor as often as possible so as not to anger the meat gods, barbecue So why weren\u00b4t we happy in our work? Why couldn\u00b4t we be happy?<\/p>\n It doesn\u00b4t make sense\u2026 we love what we do.<\/p>\n This sour bunch had been trough the trials and tribulations of college together\u2026 Long sleepless nights working on class projects\u2026. And for once, the world-saving, country-fixing, football-changing? discussions that are the sum of an asado, yielded something more than a headache:<\/p>\n That night LVK was born.<\/p>\n Naturally, it wasn\u00b4t as it is today.<\/p>\n Today we are on the verge of releasing our first product, and a couple of months away from putting our second product in the hands of every school boy in Argentina (and we have a cool logo \n the most important thing, the thing that be will with me till my last day, is the road that got us here and the people we shared it with.<\/p>\n \n The decision was made. We dreamed up our first product, and got to hacking.<\/p>\n It didn\u00b4t take us very long to realize that hacking, just hacking as we knew it wouldn\u00b4t cut it. Suddenly we needed a graphic designer, a couple of Macs and maybe a writer. But we didn\u00b4t have enough money. So we got funds from a government grant, but to get that money we needed something called a business plan and an accountant. We needed a lot of things that fine keyboard cowboys like us didn\u00b4t even imagine. All of this with day jobs, families, personal problems, etc\u2026..<\/p>\n It\u00b4s been a long winding road and not one of us is the same as when we started.<\/p>\n Every day we ploughed through, hacking when we could; writing dialogs, working with artists, and dealing with accountants when we couldn\u00b4t. We plough through surgery, bad breakups, you name it.<\/p>\n But it is awesome and we are happy. We are doing fantastic work, the work we want to do, with great people. And this is just the beginning\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \n Not all who started are here today:<\/p>\n \n To them (and this is the only time I\u00b4ll speak in name of all LVK), thank you. It was great working with you. The passion, the drive, allowed us to do work we dreamed of. The road wouldn\u00b4t have been the same without you. Best of luck in all your future endeavors!! Professionally, I\u00b4m sure our paths will cross again.<\/p>\n \u2018Till then, well, we have an asado coming up, don\u00b4t we?<\/p>\n \n To the new ones we picked up along the way: the road is hard, the road is long, and the road is fun. We will always have a lot of hard work for you\u2026 but a pat on the back and a laugh shared with a friend will come with it. We will build great things. I promise.<\/p>\n \n And to all the rest, thank you for sticking trough my writing: this is LVKs story.. the beginning.<\/p>\n Days before we release our first product, I deeply feel that we have already succeeded. We are happy with what we are building, and I am talking about LVK, not our product. If this one doesn\u2019t sell, the next one will or the one after that\u2026 We are not our resumes, the sum of our tech skills\u2026 We are a bunch of friends who love software, and are committed to building great things and doing great work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> We are proud to announce that Julia<\/a> is coming to Android<\/strong>!!!<\/p>\n A little over a month ago Julia was released for iPhone, and everyone loved her. She is a nice girl, looking to meet cool people. It doesn\u2019t seem right to keep all you Android phone owners from meeting her!<\/p>\n We are on a roll here, so we\u2019ll just go ahead with one more announcement, this one is for all game developers<\/em> out there:<\/p>\n We believe in building great software, and having a strong community is key. Our first contribution will be a series of blog posts giving you all the juicy tech details of our porting effort. Julia<\/a> is built using Cocos2d-iphone<\/a> framework, an iPhone version of this spectacular framework: Cocos2d<\/a>. Hopefully, we\u2019ll have a detailed account of our journey to migrate our Cocos2d-iphone<\/a> codebase to a multiplatform Cocos2d-x<\/a> codebase.<\/p>\n Stay tuned for Julia\u2019s<\/a> arrival on Android, and it\u2019s story!<\/p>\n<\/div>
More information about ROM in General Relativity at\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.tapir.caltech.edu\/~<\/a>
La aplicaci\u00f3n OkMapIt<\/strong><\/a>, desarrollada por la startup LVK Labs<\/strong>, result\u00f3 seleccionada entre 25 proyectos presentados a la Secretar\u00eda Pyme y Desarrollo Emprendedor para participar del programa de impulso para empresas tecnol\u00f3gicas desarrollado por Intel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es Intel Startup Catapult<\/a>? Presentaci\u00f3n<\/a> y lanzamiento<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n
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). But all of this is besides the point, I\u00b4ll risk sounding like the worst clich\u00e9 of them all:<\/p>\n