Gestures are becoming an increasingly popular means of interacting with computers. However, it is still relatively costly to deploy robust gesture-recognition sensors in existing mobile platforms. SoundWave is a real-time sensing technique that leverages a speaker and a microphone to robustly sense in-air gestures and motion around a device. It is capable of detecting a [...]
28 Mar
We’ve seen this on buildings, but on a human face? Good work Samsung for producing this. Now make it dynamic and allow the person to move. Please. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
07 Mar
Two similar projects here but with slightly different objectives. I saw the Whole Foods demo recently and it reminded me of the wi-GO project that surfaced about a year earlier… wi-GO is a project that seeks to unite the technological knowledge and liability in the construction of a common path toward integration and improved quality [...]
07 Mar
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01 Mar
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28 Feb
Those clever chaps over at Microsoft Research have too much time on their hands. This augmented reality mirror and LCD screen work together to give us that Star Wars holographic projection experience we’ve been wishing to experience since we first saw it in 1977. The integration of another device, in this case a Windows Phone, [...]
27 Feb
Microsoft Surface 2.0 application, enabling exploration of the Universe using a Natural User Interface. For details on the concept and how it was built, go over to http://drdave.co.uk/blog/. Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
27 Feb
http://nervoussquirrel.com/badgermin.html Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
24 Jan
“Fake!” I hear you cry. That’s what I thought, especially as the above video has comments disabled, however, the next video goes some way to explaining how this could be possible. To understand how this works, take a read of the Meissner effect and diamagnetic (ism) over on Wikipedia. Essentially, when you cool something to [...]
29 Nov
Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossip from your friends. Use your smartphone to set up subscriptions and Little Printer will gather them together to create a timely, beautiful mini-newspaper. bergcloud.com/2011/11/29/announcing-little-printer-and-berg-cloud/ Posted via email from Mr.Spooner’s Posterous
10 May