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Smartphone Rocket Launcher

Smartphone Rocket Launcher

In the iPhone ad “Powerful,” actors launched a group of model rockets with an iPhone. You can view the ad here. I thought this was insanely cool, but in typical Apple fashion, I couldn’t find out how they did it. I decided to take matters into my own hands and build my own system from scratch […]

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Bob Ross “The Joy of Painting” Smartphone and Tablet Apps

Bob Ross “The Joy of Painting” Smartphone and Tablet Apps

I just thought you all should know that a Bob Ross app now exists for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

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I’m Happy to Burst Your Bubble: Multiplayer Audience Interaction via Mobile Web

I’m Happy to Burst Your Bubble: Multiplayer Audience Interaction via Mobile Web

Cloud-based carnival game brings crowds together for collaborative play.

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Snail mail push alerts

Getting iPhone push notifications from objects in your physical world is possible using an Arduino with an Ethernet Shield, a PHP-enabled web server and an iPhone app called Prowl. In this video, I show how to set up a mailbox so that it pings your phone when snail mail is delivered, but it’s very easy […]

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