[Video , Technology]
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Dec 20, 2007 4:16:37 PM
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Johnny Chung Lee of Carnegie Mellon University tapped into MacGyvers spirit and cooked up a multi touch display system using a Nintendo Wii remote and ball points. Essentially since the Wiimote tracks IR light, Lee figured out that by waving a LED in front of the Wiimote he could trick the computer into doing whatever his LED pen was doing. Cut through the confusion by watching the video after the ...
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[Video , Technology]
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Oct 20, 2007 4:42:04 PM
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Angela Caicedo has combined Sun's Small Programmable Object Technology (SPOT ) enabled virtual reality glove and Project Looking Glass to create the most realistic minority ...
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[Cool , Video]
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May 5, 2007 6:35:42 PM
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Microsoft showed a new way to work using a DigiDesk. The desk incorporates a touch panel surface and a heads up display with the usual hand gestures for moving files and controlling applications along with a built in scanner. Check out the video after the jump to get a better idea...
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[Video , Cool]
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Mar 20, 2007 6:42:16 PM
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Remember Tom Cruise in Minority Report? He was moving windows and stuff on the screen by waving his hands. Somebody has just created that setup in real life. Video after the jump....
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[Video , Cool]
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Dec 11, 2006 12:45:13 PM
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This video is about an ex code monkey. Probably the best line is "Code Monkey think 'maybe manager want to write god-damn login page himself.' " Video after the jump. ...
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[Video , Product]
Posted
Oct 21, 2006 7:03:59 PM
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MITs magic paper is a software for tablet PCs that allows you to draw free hand while obeying the laws of physics. From the site:
Natural Interaction enables a novel form of interaction with software, making it possible to describe things by sketching, gesturing, and talking about them in a way that feels completely natural, yet have a computer understand the messy freehand sketches, casual ...
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[Video , Cool]
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Oct 11, 2006 3:21:17 PM
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From what I can gather Beryl is a Desktop extension to the popular ubuntu operating system. Its just fun to watch all the nice effects that are possible. Enjoy the v...
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[Cool , Video]
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Sep 23, 2006 6:19:41 PM
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This video demonstrates a new way to drag and drop from your laptop to your taple top. Seems like the video is a bit old but nonetheless its a good example of out of the box thinking. Video be...
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[Helpful , Video]
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Sep 23, 2006 6:14:41 PM
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For the brave of heart you can get an open source alternative to macromedias captivate . Its written in python so you need to have python on your machine and VNC server.
According to the site "Vnc2swf ...
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[Video , Database]
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Sep 4, 2006 6:45:57 PM
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Click on the link to see a demo of dabbledb. Think of dabbledb as an online database that can put some oomph in your excel sheets. The product is very well thought out. Its not free but the video is worth watch...
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[Video , Cool]
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Sep 4, 2006 6:35:12 PM
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Luis Von Ahn, a professor at Carnegie Mellon, gave a very entertaining presentation at google tech talk on july 26, 2006. His topic was human computation. One example of human computation is the google image labeler.
The basic premise is that computers are good but for some tasks humans are the clear winner. So we need to devise ways to make use of the humans ala matrix style. E.g. if you want ...
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[Video , Website]
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Aug 27, 2006 10:40:36 AM
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BestBuy.com recommends that you buy cybershit. Dont believe me? Watch the video after the j...
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[Video , Demo]
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Aug 1, 2006 10:22:40 PM
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This is a video of Microsoft Voice Recognition demo gone awry. The demo was done in front of a Wall Street audience. As you might guess nobody gave the stock a buy rating. Enjoy the vi...
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[Video , Helpful]
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Jul 4, 2006 11:30:35 AM
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A bunch of students came up with a new way to manage files on your desktop as part of their thesis. The new concept is based on real world desktops. So you have piles and you can push documents against other documents i.e. there is a physics engine built in. Its pretty innovative, however im not sure how useful is this new paradigm. Watch the d...
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