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DIY Interactive Whiteboard Using Wiimote
Last week we built a head tracking device, from a project originally created by a professor at Carnegie Mellon University named Johnny Lee.
His other project, the Wiimote powered interactive whiteboard, is just as impressive and twice as useful. It turns any projector, monitor, or laptop screen into an interactive display.
Here is an eye-popping video by Dr. Lee giving an example of his interactive whiteboard technology:
After you build the infrared LED pen (detailed later in this post), you can use it just like you would your mouse. Move around windows, draw diagrams, and distract annoying kids by opening Microsoft paint and letting them have at it. It is not only a simple software toy, but it can be immensely useful as a presentation tool.
Opera and Open Source, Insight Into The ‘Turbo’ Technology
In this article we get to discuss Opera’s role as an innovator in the browser market as well as find out if Opera will release its code under the GPL and some technical bits about the ‘Turbo’ technology.
I recently wrote an article about Opera 10 – which is currently in development – and got a lot of backlash from readers.
Microsoft Arc Wireless Mouse
As much as I like to rant about Microsoft, their policies or software, their hardware division has been long known to produce some high quality products, especially keyboards an mice. The Arc mouse is no exception; a flawless design, universal compatibility with Mac, Linux and Windows, and an exceptional attention to details.
GMX: Better Than Yahoo! Mail, GMail?
From GMX, a division of United Internet Group, comes a new email service fresh out of beta, which promises to be ‘advanced’, ‘savvy’ and ‘different’, and apparently defies corporate logic by claiming a no ads policy.
Let’s take a look at GMX Mail, its features and caveats.
Juice Pack: Extend Battery Life And Protect Your iPhone/iPod Touch
Today’s article is about a very exciting exciting product from Mophie, the ‘Juice Pack’. The Juice Pack is basically a battery extender for your iPhone or iPod Touch that also doubles as a stylish hard-shell case. It got very good reviews and a lot of media coverage since its appearance at CES 2009, but does it stand up to the hype?
DIY Head Tracking for 3D Display
Recently I have had the fortune to experiment with two projects originally created by a professor at Carnegie Mellon University named Johnny Lee. A couple years ago he put together a few programs and some code libraries to form some of the most impressive pieces of software I have seen.
His research with the programs are focused on Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and repurposing a Wiimote and infrared LED’s (which act similar to the Wii-bar) to perform head tracking and to create interactive whiteboards. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for the software and hardware inherent in these two systems, you can create either or both of them for around $50 thanks to the efforts of Dr. Lee.
Aardvark: Answers From The Right People With The Convenience Of IM
Aardvark proposes a new way of answering your questions by using a mix of old technologies and new ideas.
ZumoDrive: Your Hard Disk Will Never Be Full
ZumoDrive is a newcomer to the cloud storage market, launched in December last year, and unlike Amazon S3, they strive to improve the overall user experience. Why would you want ZumoDrive? ZumoDrive provides you with a hard disk in the cloud, which you can access at any time: from the web, from a computer or from an iPhone.
