Sep 10, 2018Lost In Translation with Google Home and Amazon Echo — Issues in English to Japanese TranslationI have made several VUI (Voice User Interface) apps for Google Home and Amazon Echo in the last couple of months. Those apps are for Japanese market and the conversation was designed in Japanese. Recently my colleague and I started thinking of creating an universal app which works both in…Google Assistant4 min read
Aug 30, 2018How to make your own Googe Home which moves like a RobotIn Ishinomaki Hackathon (which is held in the north to Tokyo every year after the tragic Tsunami strike), our team created a “moving” Google Home. Below is a movie taken just after we have succeeded in integrating all the components late at night on the 2nd day of the hackathon.Raspberry Pi16 min read
Published in How to track user’s location with high accuracy (iOS / iPhone)·Apr 4, 2018Tracking Highly Accurate Location in Android — Vol.4, Battery ConsumptionIn the last three sessions, we have made a very accurate location tracking app. In this blog post I use this app and examine the battery consumption. I’ve been using my app while commuting my office by bike everyday and checked the battery consumption. My commuting path is around 6…Android App Development3 min read
Published in How to track user’s location with high accuracy (iOS / iPhone)·Apr 4, 2018“Make it even better than Nike+” — How to filter locations (Tracking Highly Accurate Location in Android Vol.3)In the last two sessions, we added a background tracking engine + map drawing to our sample code. Having a short run with the sample app makes you feel it already works like a normal running app as Runtastic. But you might encounter some situation where your app doesn’t work…Location7 min read
Published in How to track user’s location with high accuracy (iOS / iPhone)·Apr 4, 2018Tracking Highly Accurate Location in Android — (Vol.2)Display location on Google MapIn the last post, I’ve explained how to get locations both in the background with proper criteria. Before explaining much deeper location topics, I am going to take a time to implement map feature on the sample app.It is because many location-related apps have a map. …Android App Development11 min read
Published in How to track user’s location with high accuracy (iOS / iPhone)·Sep 27, 2017Tracking Highly Accurate Location in Android — (Vol.1)Tracking a user’s location is the core feature of apps such as Nike+, Pokemon Go, and Uber. I’ve been making a running app from the time of iPhone3.1, and it took a lot of tries and errors to get accurate location information under various environmental condition. …Android6 min read
Sep 25, 2017How we prepared a demo in Slush 2016 HelsinkiWe demonstrated our product “InAppTranslation” in Slush 2016 last December. After coming back to Tokyo, I wrote a report in my Japanese blog, but forgot to write it in English. Here is how I applied, prepared, and traveled to Slush last December. I hope this blog is going to be…Startup10 min read
Apr 23, 2017Automatic App Translation by Data Binding + Google TranslateRecently while I was playing around with Data Binding newly introduced to Android, I found I could utilize this to provide an instant way to localize Android apps to any languages at runtime. After a few days of coding I made “InAppTranslation for Android” which is an open source free…Android4 min read
Published in How to track user’s location with high accuracy (iOS / iPhone)·Apr 10, 2017“Make it even better than Nike+” — How to filter locations (Tracking Highly Accurate Location in iOS Vol.5)In the last three sessions, we added a background tracking engine + map drawing to our sample code. Having a short run with the sample app makes you feel it already works like a normal running app as Runtastic. But you might encounter some situation where your app doesn’t work…Swift5 min read
Published in How to track user’s location with high accuracy (iOS / iPhone)·Oct 2, 2016Tracking Highly Accurate Location in iOS — (Vol.4) Display location on the mapIn the last three Medium posts, I’ve explained how to get locations both in the foreground and background with the best accuracy. Before explaining much deeper location topics, I am going to take a time to implement map feature on the sample app. It is because many location-related apps have…Swift5 min read