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Kinect Already Hacked, Linux Driver Released
It took him only three hours, but here we are: Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller thing for the Xbox360 has been hacked, and a preliminary open source driver has been made available for Linux. According to the hacker in question, it was surprisingly simple.
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PUYO-CON: the soft controller!
This new controller technology goes far beyond traditional button-type devices. It enables input based on direct touch, force, and shape transformation. Because the soft material is “crash-worthy”, the controller can even be thrown. Human beings use many different types of sensory information to perform a broad range of activities. But most conventional game controllers limit […]
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How Would YOU Use This? Microsoft Developing Pressure Keyboard With 256 Levels Of Sensitivity (Oh, And Win Stuff)
By David Ponce Lots of interesting stuff at SIGGRAPH this year. In this case, there’s a contest sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGGRAPH centered around a keyboard Microsoft Hardware is developing where each key is capable of detecting pressure in 8-bit resolution. In other words, in 256 levels of sensitivity. Current suggested uses for […]
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Parts: 4×4 RGB button pad controller SPI
We covered SparkFun’s new RGB button pad controller a few weeks ago. This is a full-color clone of the monome interface; a 4×4 grid of buttons with tri-color LEDs underneath. Each LED has 24bits of color control, for more than 16million color combinations. Up to 10 panels can be chained together to create huge button […]
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New Instrument $15k Competition @ GaTech
Georgia Tech Music Dept. is hosting the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Feb 27-28. If you're in the area, it looks to be an interesting event. "The first Guthman Musical Instrument Competition presented by GTCMT and Harmonix (makers of Guitar Hero and Rock Band) will award $15,000 to the best novel musical instruments as judged by […]
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New Instrument $15k Competition @ GaTech
Georgia Tech Music Dept. is hosting the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition Feb 27-28. If you're in the area, it looks to be an interesting event. "The first Guthman Musical Instrument Competition presented by GTCMT and Harmonix (makers of Guitar Hero and Rock Band) will award $15,000 to the best novel musical instruments as judged by […]
