Quick Read

  • Winner of Microsoft's newcloudapp() contest
  • Use a GPS enabled device to track Speed, Distance, and other statistics
  • Map and chart the results of your outdoor exercise
  • Import data from GPS watches and armbands
  • Share your outdoor exercise in real time using Twitter

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Impulse Login Screen Shot Impulse Map Screen Shot

Impulse

Developed for Microsoft's newcloudapp() programming contest, IMPULSE is an application that allows you to use a GPS device to keep track of stats like Average Speed, Total Distance, and Fastest Mile when exercising outdoors. In addition to simple stats, IMPULSE outputs graphs relating the users speed to distance and time and displays routes taken on a visually appealing and interactive map. In addition to providing an import function that allows uploading from most off-the-shelf devices, those with GPS-enabled Windows Mobile devices and iPhones we have built a client application capable of streaming live data to the web. This lets users do cool things like send tweets with a link that allows others to see a live map of your current route that updates in real time! Under the covers IMPULSE is a fully .NET solution. The web client is being built in Silverlight 3, the Windows Mobile application on the Compact Framework 3.5 and the back end will take advantage of WCF services deployed in the Azure cloud.
In addition to winning the judges votes we also won the community award.

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Technologies

  • Silverlight 3 + MVVM
  • Windows Azure
  • Windows Mobile
  • WCF + SSL