Few doubts remain that a cave discovered by a team of Italian archeologists led by Professor Francesco D’Adria in the ancient city of Hierapolis in classical Phrygia is indeed the mythical ‘Gate to Hell’ of Greek antiquity.Celebrated as the portal to the underworld in Greco-Roman mythology and tradition, the cave called Plutonium or Pluto’s Gate was a destination for the… Read more →
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Infrared camera – you asked us, so we’re making them! | Raspberry Pi
You may have heard rumours about something we’re calling Pi NoIR Pi, no infrared – it’s been a very badly kept secret. Some months ago we featured some work that was being done at Reading Hackspace, where members were removing the infrared filter to use the camera to sense infrared signals, and for low-light work, especially with wildlife. The Reading… Read more →
Watch: A Kinect-Powered Orchestra You Conduct by Waving Your Hands | Wired Design | Wired.com
The project, created by Simon de Diesbach, Jonas Lacôte, and Laura Perrenoud, involves one conductor, one Kinect, and up to 24 laptops each loaded with a single sample. Those fragments, which can be selected from a preloaded library or snapped up from an in-the-works crowdsourced platform, are triggered purely by the movements of the conductor’s hands. Each instrument is mapped… Read more →
Engel MX1 Android 4.1.1 Stick PC – Engel Computers
This very fun computer is perfect for connecting directly to any HDMI enabled television LCD, LED, Plasma, etc. Please note its highly unique form factor, that looks gorgeous, is a perfect conversation starter, and a great gift.This is also being offered at an outstanding price. For a comparison, see this similar model.Enjoy watching TV shows and movies from YouTube, Netflix,… Read more →
$199, 4.2” computer is Intel’s first Raspberry Pi competitor | Ars Technica
MinnowBoard uses a 5V/2.5A power supply. Other specs are as follows: Intel Atom E640 CPU (1.0GHz, 32-bit with Hyper-threading and Virtualization Technology) Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 PCI Express SATA2 3Gbps Gigabit Ethernet MicroSD USB UEFI Firmware 1GB DDR2 RAM 8 GPIO pins 2 GPIO-controlled LEDs 4 GPIO switches via $199, 4.2” computer is Intel’s first Raspberry Pi… Read more →
2”, $45 cube PC runs Android and Linux on Cortex-A9 ARM chip | Ars Technica
CuBox-i, from the Israeli company SolidRun, comes in four configurations ranging in price from $45 to $120. They all use i.MX6 Cortex-A9 ARM processors with speeds of 1GHz, ranging from one core to four cores. DDR3 memory ranges from 512MB to 2GB. CuBox-i computers can be pre-ordered now with shipments scheduled to begin in late November. via 2”, $45 cube PC… Read more →
12 Progress Report
Andre has continued to research alternative middleware and hardware. He has OpenTSPS recognizing a rapid backhand gesture (think ping pong) in a way that is rock solid. He has been also looking at hardware packages, including IR cameras, that may provide us with robust alternatives to the Kinect sensors. And, he has been investigating contextual, event-driven, audio that would add… Read more →
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Game Audio Middleware (MAX/MSP)
A project by a student at Berklee College of Music, creating a procedural soundtrack based of events in Unity3d. http://gameaudiomiddleware.tumblr.com/ Read more →
Power over Ethernet – Wikipedia
Power over Ethernet or PoE describes any of several standardized or ad-hoc systems which pass electrical power along with data on Ethernet cabling. This allows a single cable to provide both data connection and electrical power to devices such as wireless access points or IP cameras. Unlike standards such as Universal Serial Bus which also power devices over the data… Read more →