Building Ember: An Interactive NASA Wildfire Sonification & Data Dashboard
How we developed Ember in collaboration with Karhide, translating daily NASA satellite wildfire data into spatial audio sonifications and visual analytics.
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Kennebec is the home for Tim Waterfield: an enthusiastic Web Developer & IT specialist with over 25 years of experience delivering large-scale digital platforms, managing systems, databases, and creative audio projects.
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Building a Multi-Engine Search & Project Mention Aggregator
How we designed and built a lightweight Python aggregator to track web posts, reviews, and news across Google (Serper), Brave Search, and DuckDuckGo.
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