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 # RatCam
-Program written in C# used to record videos of laboratory animals during behavioral assessments
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+This program was designed to record videos during behavioral assessments of laboratory animals. The overall design is simple: you connect to a webcam, type the animal name, and press start! A configuration file does give you a few more options, including how long to record each video. The default duration is 3 minutes. 
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+The program was written using WPF and C#, and I used the AForge library to stream image data from connected webcams. Questions can be directed to David Pruitt.