LEAP Motion experiences and plans 0
So I have been able to play with my LEAP motion dev Board for quite a while now, so allow me to write about some of my experiments. Mouse Control Curious as I am, I started a small utility to...
Leap Motion: A big leap for Interaction Design 1
I’m pretty confident you all heard of the Leap, a black box that will “revolutionize the way we interact with computers”. More than half a year ago already this box was announced with some spectacular examples, such as flying through...
Arduinomonitor 1.0.0.10 is out! 0
I have been improving parts of the Arduino monitor app for a while now. Yesterday I put all these tiny improvements together in the 1.0.0.10 version. Whats new in this version? Well I have a fancy dragbar to move the...
First Experience with OpenFrameworks – Face detection and video 0
Last two weeks I have been working with OpenFrameworks quite intensively in order to realise an interactive video installation. In this post I’d like to share some wisdom with you about OpenFrameworks, because I came across quite some issues and not...
Depression resistant gaming: Free to Play 0
I don’t game a lot; my laptop is getting old and I do not really have the time to spend hours and hours walking a virtual character over virtual flower fields. Then again, when I want to play a game,...
Tinkercad – In browser CAD software 0
Where is the time that CAD software used to run on huge workstations and autoCAD books were meters thick? Today each category of software has been ported to run inside your web browser. So has the CAD software, in the form...
Arduino Monitor – An easy visualisation tool for sensor data 5
Do you have an Arduino, and are you sick and tired of staring at the Serial Monitor when trying to connect a sensor? Well then Arduino Monitor is exactly what you need! It provides a visual representation of all your...
Magic Lantern: enlightment for Canon DSLR’s 0
I have recently purchased a Canon 550D DSLR. I chose this particular camera because I’ve tried oter Canon DSLRs and I like the way to handle them and their features. A special reason to choose the 550D was the manual...
Why you would want Google’s Nexus tablet 2
With Google announcing it’s very own tablet (designed and produced in cooperation with ASUS), one might ask if they’re not making the market for Android devices even more complex. By becoming a hardware seller, Google will compete directly with a...
The secret world: Is this it? 1
Let me start with this; I normally don’t play these MMO kind of games. I have played one or two, but mostly I end up walking around in some unfamiliar mountain landscape attacking thousands of unrecognizable creatures and walking from...
Spotify Playlist: The ‘Getting things done’ playlist 0
I’d like to share with you a playlist I have created over the past few weeks. I’ve called it the “Getting things done” playlist, but you could also describe it as the Powerr! Playlist. Descriptional keywords are: Loud, Uptempo and...
Udacity: Great place to learn new stuff 0
A few weeks ago I heard about Udacity; a new website with extensive online classes, dedicated to learning you interesting new stuff. The classes are all about programming, but they’re really educational and well explained. I’m currently enrolling in the...