Adam from Occipital here (we make the Structure Sensor). As of now, you can use OpenNI with the Structure Sensor on any platforms currently supported by OpenNI. We’ve also forked OpenNI on GitHub (along with many others who have done the same) to make sure it remains available after April 23rd. For those who don’t want to compile code, we’ll… Read more →
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OpenNI website to close April 23, 2014
Important PrimeSense has a limited number of Carmine 1.08 and Carmine 1.09 (short range) sensors available for purchase for academic and other noncommercial research only. Purchases and delivery are subject to availability and lead time, PrimeSense’s terms and conditions and are at PrimeSense’s sole discretion. For more information please contact PrimeSense at contact@primesense.com by April 1, 2014 if you would… Read more →
Why Apple Bought PrimeSense – Forbes
Sensors are a key reason that our mobile devices are coming to understand each of us on such a personal level. PrimeSense is the best of the 3D sensor companies we found. Essentially, they let machines see you or your general location in 3D, allowing the machines to learn the context of a situation. PrimeSense devices allow the new Microsoft… Read more →
Linux on the NUC: Using Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, and the SteamOS beta | Ars Technica
One of the drawbacks of buying a barebones PC like Intel’s NUC—at least if you’re a Windows user—is that it comes with no operating system. The big PC OEMs get Windows at a steep discount compared to end users, and you’ll have to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 for a full OEM Windows license and more if you… Read more →
Amid the pastoral splendor, heroin gains a deadly foothold in Vermont – Metro – The Boston Globe
Amid the pastoral splendor, heroin gains a deadly foothold in Vermont – Metro – The Boston Globe. rural profit margins higher than in urban centers. prescription opiates are a related issue. Read more →
Micro Python: more powerful than Arduino, simpler than the Raspberry Pi Wired UK
Micro Python: more powerful than Arduino, simpler than the Raspberry Pi Wired UK University of Cambridge theoretical physicist Damien George has built a tiny microcontroller that is more powerful thanArduino and far simpler than the Raspberry Pi. Just funded onKickstarter, the £24 board runs an adapted version of Python known as Micro Python and will allow users to simply paste lines of… Read more →
Gamasutra: Daniel Lau’s Blog – The Science Behind Kinects or Kinect 1.0 versus 2.0
Now while all of this time-of-flight business sounds really cool, the Kinect 2.0 is even cooler because the sensor also has built-in ambient light rejection where each pixel individually detects when that pixel is over saturated with incoming ambient light, and it then resets the pixel in the middle of an exposure. The Kinect 1.0 sensor has no means of… Read more →
Amapola song – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spanish version original Amapola, lindísima Amapola, Será siempre mi alma tuya, sola. Yo te quiero, amada niña mía, Igual que ama la flor la luz del día. Amapola, lindísima Amapola, No seas tan ingrata, ámame. Amapola, Amapola, ¿Cómo puedes tú vivir tan sola? via Amapola song – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)” is a 1924 song by… Read more →
Afghanistans opium production at record high | Circa News
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC said the total area of opium poppy fields in Afghanistan was up 36% last year to 209,000 hectares 516,450 acres. Potential production of opium rose 49% to 5,500 tons, more than global demand. Southern provinces such as Helmand saw the largest increase. via Afghanistans opium production at record high | Circa News. Read more →
That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts – NYTimes.com
In western Herat Province, held up as an island of stability and progress in Afghanistan, this forlorn border town is instead a showcase for an intensifying crisis: Long the global leader in opium production, Afghanistan has now also become one of the world’s most addicted societies. via That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts – NYTimes.com. Read more →