Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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Video: iPad-based Point Of Sale Cash Register System

Submitted by admin on August 30, 2010 – 6:10 amNo Comment

ea2dab3e1720x509.png Video: iPad based Point Of Sale Cash Register System

By now, we’ve learned the Japanese have found a number of creative ways to use the iPad . And today we can show you a new one: the iPad as the basis of a sophisticated, yet low-cost point of sale cash register system. Dubbed FLAVIUS [JP], the system is actually being used by several business across Japan already. The way it works is that the iPad is the core of a system that also includes a special-purpose counter (pictured below) and a Wi-Fi router. The iPad can be used as both a cash register interface and as an ordering device. FLAVIUS maker Global Network service even integrated a reporting and attendance management system into the system. For example, it’s possible for owners to check the revenues of their stores remotely (on the web) and in real-time. This video (shot by DigInfoNews in Tokyo) provides more insight (it’s in English):

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