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Data transfer via snail

Data transfer via snail

Comcast has been slow in the Bay area for weeks, I might need to go snail – “The system called SNAP (SNAil-based data transfer Protocol), uses biological carriers, and, for the first time, taking advantages of the unique merits of the wheel for data transfer… System architecture: the system is constructed of a back end […]

Maximus Arcade emulation…

Maximus Arcade emulation…

I spotted this awesome arcade emulator set up from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Ben Sinclair and wanted to find out what software was running all the emulators – Ben writes “I like Maximus Arcade because the UI is great and there is very little configuration. You just tell it what emulators to use and […]

Hand Gesture Recognition

Hand Gesture Recognition

I’m thinking that this hand gesture recognition software might be a good way to get some more input for the low-cost VR system, or it just might be a lot of fun…“With almost any color camera and sufficient processing power, this software collection implements a hand gesture interface. It detects the hand in a standard […]

HOW TO – Pod slurp

HOW TO – Pod slurp

Abe Usher has an interesting app I’m going to try and use to back up some of my documents, it’s an app that finds all the important docs and downloads them to your iPod. But, it’s more of a security demonstration – or a now-real prop from all the action films where a hero/villian gets […]