June 2011
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WatchCiao iphone app + Arduino = power to control physical world with your phone.
I can’t wait to check this out.
(via bildr » Ciao – iPhone app for controlling your arduino)
January 2011
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December 2010
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WatchScience-inspired design projects | PechaKucha Presentations
June 2010
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Homebrew Depth-Sensor
I’ve been on a “making computers spatially-aware” kick lately. It’s been a theme lately I guess with all the motion-control gaming stuff and the increasing awareness of g-speak. I ran across the a TheLab@MediaMolecule blog post about making a DIY 3D scanner using a structured light technique (see the images below). If you could do this in real-time, then you have a...
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May 2010
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WatchNice overview of the open source hardware industry.
August 2009
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July 2009
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Tangible User Interface for Squeak « The Weekly... →
A TUIO( communication protocol for ReacTable tangible surface system) for Squeak. I’ve been thinking about how to integrate EToys and Tangibles.
June 2009
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Watchvia nearfield
Considering digital clutter, it would be cool if your digital assets had physical anchors to remind of you how much stuff you’ve accumulated.
On another note, I hope Apple approves some type of RFID reader hardware accessory for the iPhone.
NYC Hackaday: Tangibles →
May 2009
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“The world of computing has changed, profoundly, yet so many of our applications...”
– Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today? - O’Reilly Radar (via fred-wilson)
Whither Sockets? →
I wonder if Linus Torvalds could push through an update to the sockets API in the Linux kernel.
“One of the most pervasive and longest-lasting interfaces in software is the sockets API … [has] remained in use and largely unchanged for 27 years”
April 2009
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WatchMoto Labs demo of large capacitive touchscreen display via wired
Android Drives e-ink Display →
Video was actually a little boring to me, but what’s really cool is the hardware running Google’s Android OS, the TI Beagleboard. This puppy(sorry about the pun) can encode HD video, push 10MM pixels/sec and run desktop linux apps on 2Watts without a fan or heatsink. You can get one for $149.
“SCIgen is a program that randomly generates nonsense in the form of computer...”
– SCIgen (via pile)
Hmm, maybe I get a chapter for my dissertation out of it.
How I Explained REST to My Wife →
cubicle17:
Cute. I’m filing this away for the cold day in Hell when my wife starts a conversation with a question like “Who is Roy Fielding?”
Good read. I’ve skimmed Fielding’s dissertation, but this should make a deeper reading go more smoothly.
WatchGe Wang, currently visiting the CCT LCAT, gave talk on ChucK, Laptop Orchestras, and iPhone Ocarinas. It lit my brain up with music interaction design ideas.
via wired
Watchvideo of SLAP(Silicone iLuminated Active Peripheals) from CHI’09 via engadget.
Intel Ready to Push Ct out the Door →
Ct (C/C++ for throughput computing) is a C++ standards compliant library & and runtime targeted for many core architectures.
I find this interesting because I’m curious as to how to provide high level communication constructs at the language level while abstracting away middleware. Ct is for data parallelism but this approach to language extension seems applicable for other purposes...
Visualization Tangibles: What's and Why's
This is blog is a collection of my thoughts on things related to my research in scientific/information visualization and tangible interaction. I’m currently conducting dissertation research on middleware for integrating tangible user interfaces into scientific data visualization workflows.
More details to come.
Multi-touch:Why the iPhone Matters →
We had a discussion right after the iPhone’s original annoucement. It was bitter sweet b/c I felt Apple would get most things about gestural interfaces right, but they would basically horde the tech and we’d never see the tech legally in non-Apple devices. The possible patent war between Apple and Palm over the Pre almost confirms that fear.