When Microsoft released the Kinect, the first widely available depth camera, artists and makers quickly flocked to it, discovering how to access the camera’s depth data and ability to capture human motion. The result was a slew of new projects that capitalized on an interface that didn’t require a screen, buttons or a mouse. After […]
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Create low-power neural network applications, recognize objects, detect facial expressions, and more with the new AIY kit.
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Quintron’s new project turns weather into sound using an all analog synthesizer setup, and is streaming 24/7 over the Internet.
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Security researcher, master hacker, and one of the “Seven Horsemen of the Web Apocalypse”, Dan Kaminsky, just announced his latest project, DanKam, an iPhone app that aids the color blind in distinguishing certain colors through the use of augmented reality.
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UMass Amherst hardware hackers Blake Foster, Rui Wang, and Erik Learned-Miller built this articulated realtime tracking rig using a GPU, Arduino, and FPV Pan-Tilt camera.
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Rohan Sharma and Jeff Buente, at Cornell University, posted detailed notes on their haptic vision project: The ultrasonic haptic vision system enables a person to navigate hallways and around large objects without sight, through the use of an ultrasonic rangefinder that haptically interfaces with the user via tiny vibrating motors mounted on the user’s head. […]
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Mark just wasn’t satisfied with 3D glasses on his SGI machine, so he adapted them to work with any video card with a VESA-compliant stereo port – Now in all, it’s not too complicated what I do here. The SGIs have around 10-12 volts on the stereo port, while (same connector, same pin-out) the VESA […]
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