I have been using Leopard for a while, but hadn’t discovered some of the new features yet: Image adjustments Create alpha channels in images Combine PDFs Small enhancements, but they make for saving a few minutes here and there. Now I don’t have to open Photoshop or GraphicConverter to do simple image manipulation.
Read more →I am doing some “house-cleaning” on my computer, and came across the link to the OLPC Sound Samples which were announced last month. This collection covers a lot of different sounds, ranging from the Berklee samples to sets created by people in the CSound community. Obviously, not all the 10GB is equally interesting, but...
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Came across a student project from Cornell on doing motion capture using accelerometers, based on the Atmel controller. It is a nice overview of many of the challenges faced when working with accelerometers, and the implementation seems to work well.
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A couple of weeks ago we had an excursion to an anechoic chamber in the basement of the physics department at the University of Oslo. This room is a remainder from back when there was an acoustics group in Oslo (which later moved to Trondheim), and it was a pure coincidence that we discovered...
Read more →Dutch company Softkinetic offers what they call natural interfaces, i.e. interfaces where you don’t have to put on any sensors to interact: Softkinetic operates with a single depth sensing camera, requires no marker (no gamepad, no wiimote, no special gloves or clothing, no headset – nothing), and works under all lighting conditions and scene...
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