City Walls Prototype Presentation

City Walls Prototype Presentation

Oct 17, 2016 | City Walls

How can drones change the way we track erosion of historic monuments? The City Walls team at JMU is constructing a drone to assist in the conservational studies of the 16th century walls that surround the old part of Cartagena city in Colombia. Ph.D. candidate Manuel...
Right vs. Wrong: City Walls Talks Ethics

Right vs. Wrong: City Walls Talks Ethics

Oct 14, 2016 | City Walls

For the City Walls team, ethical considerations aren’t just theoretical. The team will be traveling to Colombia in January to create a 3D model of the city walls as part of a collaborative conservation effort. The team’s travel plans will bring them...
Mr. DJ Turn It Up

Mr. DJ Turn It Up

Oct 10, 2016 | City Walls

From when you wake up, to when you go to sleep, how many times do you engage in the receipt or transmission of information? In addition to simple texts or phone calls, every time you use the Internet, participate in conversation, or turn on music, you are literally...
Propelling Ourselves to New Understanding

Propelling Ourselves to New Understanding

Sep 30, 2016 | City Walls

Arriving to Lakeview last Wednesday for class, the City Walls group said hello to the usual assortment of professors, both in person and digital. Professor Fred Briggs came on the screen: “Today, we are working with Arduinos to understand their functionality and how...
A Plan in Development

A Plan in Development

Sep 26, 2016 | City Walls

This week, City Walls welcomes their 6th team member, Dustin Hux, Computer Science major. The team was missing someone with the coding background, so he looks forward to bringing everything he knows to complete the wide backgrounds of experience that our team...