ANDREW SPOONER

This is bonkers – SoundWave: Using the Doppler Effect to Sense Gestures

Spooner — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:56:08 +0000

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 variety of gestures, and can directly control existing applications without requiring a user to wear any special sensors.

British Rail Design Book

Spooner — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:50:01 +0000

Some photos of selected pages of a British Rail Design Book from 1986 by the Danish Design Council by James Cousins. Links to large versions of each image in the thumbnails at the bottom of this post. Includes Way finding for food.

Or, check the whole British Rail Design Book set on Flickr.

British Rail Design Book, a set on Flickr.

Man as Canvas – Projection Mapping onto a Human Face [Video]

Spooner — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:49:35 +0000

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.

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Kinect and shopping carts. wi-GO and Whole Foods

Spooner — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:04:41 +0000

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 of life. With the aim of building a barrier-free society, the project wi-GO is a robot system based on sensor technology Kinect that enables the disabled person, but also the elderly and pregnant women, among others, carry objects without difficulty, comfortably and safely. Scheduled to follow the people, promotes mobility, reduces the inability of people with physical disabilities, ensuring integration and quality of life.

Whole Foods – a nice addition here is the scanning of products especially for people with allergies.

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An invisible Mercedes. Almost. Carry on!

Spooner — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:56:38 +0000

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Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme

Spooner — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:47:44 +0000

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Help me Obiwan, you’re my only hope – The Holoflector

Spooner — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:33:29 +0000

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, is sending sensor data to the application that can be added to the experience.

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Intel Ultrabook – pop-up theatre / human digital billboard

Spooner — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:28:30 +0000

The Pop-Up teams make surprise appearances on the streets of Los Angeles, transforming an everyday location into a mini theater. Check out the Ultrabook pop-up theatre site for more.

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NUIverse – Surface 2 exploration of the Universe using a Natural User Interface

Spooner — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:22:06 +0000

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/.

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The Badgermin- half badger, half theremin

Spooner — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:05:34 +0000

http://nervoussquirrel.com/badgermin.html

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