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Weather Control Kinect Installation
Weather Control was an installation project programmed in Processing and used Synapse for skeleton tracking and Box2D for physics. This was one of many Kinect experiments I’ve been up to lately. Pretty excited about the possibilities of using this tool for clients and creating some cool interactive experience at retail. Choose between Rain, Snow or Read More
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Energy Sketch | Kinect Hack
In my discovery and experimentation I’ve recently been focusing on kinect hacking. While the kinect is a powerful tool capable of mapping joints on the body a sometimes overlooked capability it something called Center of Mass tracking. Energy Sketch was set up to track users who passed by and draw a random color from an Read More
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Empty Coffee Pot Alarm: Force Sensor Tutorial
If your office is like mine then coming into the kitchen just to find the coffee pot empty and no one has refilled it drives people crazy. Well not anymore with this simple coffee pot alarm. Really this is a simple exercise in using a FSR or Force Sensitive Resistor. By using a simple sensor Read More
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Agency Spy Alertometer
If your fingers get tired from constantly clicking refresh to make sure you haven’t missed out on the latest awesome Agency Spy post then you’re in luck. I’m pleased to announce the Agency Spy Alertometer. Simply follow my easy to construct 94 step process and you’ll have this puppy glowing on your desk in no Read More
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Motion Detection to Twitter
After a few failed attempts I’ve finally got my gangster security camera working. Well you could use it for anything I suppose. A few people have already told me it would be great for watching their cat while they were at work, I’ll pass on that use for now. I’m using a cheap infrared motion Read More
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3D Viewing using Face Detection
Something that’s really interested me for a bit is 3D. Not just in any particular platform but the ability it gives us to perceive depth on screen. Video games most notably use 3D environments, but the way we move through them isn’t as natural as it could be. Today I put together a little demo Read More
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Arduino: Interactive AD’s, there’s a world beyond the screen.
I’ve finally been inspired to start digging into arduino and am quickly learning there’s a lot more to physical computing than my phone’s accelerometer. As an Interactive art director I’ve made it a point to learn as much about the code side of things as I have the visual design. It’s not that I’m Read More
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iPad, I’m sorry for doubting you | Wired video
I like many others were more than skepical when the iPad came out. While my feelings haven’t completely turned around, the release of Wired magazines video on their design for iPad has me impressed. The experience is like nothing any of us have experienced and may be enough to convert even the toughest of skeptics.
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Thesis Update #2 | Survey Online, please take
UPDATE: Survey is closed. Thanks. The time has finally come. My thesis survey is online and i’m ready for the results to start rolling in. I’m asking everyone to please take a moment to complete the survey. I will need all your help to make this a success. Thank you all so much.