Cubic Reality » Technology

Hacking Wiimote

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:03:00 +0000

Here’s a nice presentation from Johnny Lee. You might have seen his previous video about head tracking in YouTube. I really like this type of 3D technique and look forward in trying it myself. I don’t have Wii remote but I do have a cheap hacked IR webcam which can be used instead. I think this might be the only 3D technique that could hit big in the games market.

Robot dog

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:01:00 +0000

Just found this video from Boing Boing. It’s a video showing a quadruped robot with an amazing balancing skill. I’ve seen this robot before but this new video just blew my mind.

More Info about the robot
http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog

Microsoft Milan coffee table

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:54:25 +0000

This is pretty cool product, and it comes from M$…that’s something new!? Anyway, the technology is nothing new (I wrote a post about Jeff Han’s presentation on similar technology last year: link) but it seems to be very well executed.

Price is something around $10,000 so it’s not for every home yet. But I would think (hope) that this type of solutions will become affordable for consumers because the technology itself is not that expensive. For a long time I’ve been thinking about embedding a screen into my living room’s coffee table. I just haven’t yet figured out how to build the interface (keyboard and mouse is not an option).

Here’s a clip from DL.TV (one of my favorite shows):

A cooler Segway

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:40:13 +0000

This is just cool project. I could definitely see myself using this type of device to move around in the city. It’s a pretty simple design using PIC16F876A as it’s brain. Seems like a nice weekend project

http://www.ben.jellybaby.net/

Computer interface

admin — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:05:25 +0000

I’ve always been interested in computer interfaces, both software and physical. We are still using the same keyboard and mouse as was used 20 years ago. Now I’m not saying these are bad methods, I just think that there is room for improvements. Same goes for the software side.

Multi touch screen is one of my favorite "different approach". It seems like a very natural way to interact with computer. Here’s an interesting presentation from Jeff Han about multi touch screen use:

Of course the changes doesn’t have to be so big. I’ve always wanted to research eye tracking combined in mouse use.