SPLICED GENE

Oodles and oodles of code you know. Native is the tongue that speaks the Guacomo

Code is everywhere! But don't worry, we have a native tongue!

Hardware and software hand in hand into the brave new world

Things will change the coming years, don't be afraid, embrace technology and make it work for you. Or just make yourself your favorite arcade machine.

We are likely to see people forming interest groups to challenge their institutions...

The real internet revolution is still to come. How will you create a better world?
I bet information technology can help in it...

Consultancy

The right approach is key for anything you do or make! Asking the right questions before you kick off can save a lot of hassle in a later stage.

Prototyping

With 3d printing, prototyping becomes a lot easier, add a PI or Ardunio and you can make a little desktop factory, or your favorite arcade machine.

Development

Code is just a means, development packs more than a bunch of tags and vars. It's a way of life, an ongoing struggle with the hardest and deepest questions of life.

Interfacing

Technology can be daunting, but a good interface takes away the difficult stuff and makes for an easy experience. Except of course with your favorite arcade machine.

Consultancy

The start of every project is an important moment, getting the right people, software and hardware weigh heavily on the successful outcome of the project. With over 15 years experience, I've worked with a lot of software and hardware and gathered a large network of people with specific skills.

Simplicity rules

Complex matters can be solved with simple solutions. By taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture. Just like in real world physics, if the solution is too complex, it's likely the chosen solution isn't the best one.

Mobile first

The realm of the web has spread. A website isn't enough anymore. This does not have to mean development costs going through the roof. By changing the approach to web development a lot of things solve it self. Hence a recently often heard sentence "mobile first". Focussing on getting across your message or content on a small device forces you you to think twice on every letter and element.

Prototyping

The moment you know you have a good idea... That feeling fades quickly when faced with the challenges of prototyping, product testing and optimizing it to a usable end product. But the future is looking bright. New techniques make prototyping a lot easier and more affordable.

Think inside the box

3d printing is going to change the world, if it fits in a 3d printer you can make it. By creating tools for easy customization and personalization even your mother can soon make her own ideas come to life.

Open up

When you can combine 3d printed parts with open source hardware, the boundaries of what you can make in your home garage or addic are rapidly fading. But this also brings great opertunities for new commercial product ideas. The time from idea to prototype drops with incredidable rates and costs.

Development

A good foundation

Developing is not what it used to be. Left aside specific jobs, for most developing needs a multitude of frameworks is allready available. Open source software has reached critical mass and vast communities of enthousiasts are helping each other to get ahead with even the most complex of things. So developing is not all about writing code, it's seeing the big picture and choosing your weapons carefully.

1 + 1 = 11

With open source software abundently available and open source hardware getting more and more attention, the developer world is also broadening towards the brick and morter world. This brings synergy to a whole new level. One person being capable of developing a complete machine without deepgoing knowledge of electronics or software.

It's alife

Interactivity between devices has been widely adopted with the coming of the smartphone. In the coming years a lot of electronic devices will be getting or sending data, making triggered action - response automation more intuitive than ever before.

Interfacing

Wave your hands here

Click here will slowly vanish as new techniques for showing and interacting with data will become usable for a greater public. Specific interfaces for specific data. Realtime depth, motion and face tracking make it possible to interact with computers in a much more natural way and provide the means to analyse and alter data much quicker.