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3D Video Capture with Kinect

Sharif Al Motawally — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:24:32 +0000

Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me. in mere days after the Microsoft Kinect is hacked to be connected to a PC a genius has been able to use it as a 3d camera. Watch and learn that there is no limit to what one bright mind can do. let alone an internet of minds.

BLENDER – An opensource 3D content creation software

mrn — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:22:00 +0000

This software is said to be very comparable to Maya; the software used in all the computer graphics in modern films.

Bug Labs: Products

Sharif Al Motawally — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:24:00 +0000

Bug Labs: Products: “BUG is a collection of easy-to-use, open source hardware modules, each capable of producing one or more Web services. These modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically to enable users to easily build, program and share innovative devices and applications. With BUG, we don’t define the final products – you do.”

How-To: Introduction to soldering – Hack a Day

Sharif Al Motawally — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:53:00 +0000

For aspiring would be DIY electronics hobbyists
How-To: Introduction to soldering – Hack a Day

Open Source Electronic develpment and Prototyping Platform Arduino

Sharif Al Motawally — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:31:00 +0000

Apple IPhone – Make My Day

Sharif Al Motawally — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:05:00 +0000

Go to the link and be one of the first to watch the Apple IPhone introduction. or even watch all the keynote speech. Great Presentation by Steve Jobs. I wish to be as good as he is just in making presentations.
Apple – QuickTime – Macworld 2007 Keynote

DIY: Gesture based control using a Laser pointer and Image Recognition

Sharif Al Motawally — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:58:00 +0000

From: http://codeninja.de/laserpointergestures/

Just watch the video there. May uses for this simple technique. comeback read below to see how it is done.

By Martin (19.12.06 09:23)
I started looking at this as I would love to have this stuff running on my computer.
DirectShow.net gives you access to the images coming in from your webcam. You need to process each frame and look for the brightest point in each image.
http://directshownet.sourceforge.net/

Once you have those points you can feed them into some gesture recognition code. Here are somelinks to source code that deals with mice gestures.
http://www.smardec.com/products/mouse-gestures.html
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/gestureapp.asp

Suissa Computers: All-Wood Cases Elevate PCs to the Heirloom Level

Sharif Al Motawally — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:11:00 +0000

From: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/suissa-computers-allwood-cases-elevate-pcs-to-the-heirloom-level-204161.php

Some of us banish our PCs to the basement, running long cables to them and keeping them and their noise away from us, but not Suissa Computers. Canadian designer Howard Suissa elevates the PC and its case to a level that almost resembles worship.

“A Suissa Computer is meant to become an heirloom and the system can be upgraded when technology changes. The computer will not have to be thrown away in exchange for improved technology.”

What elegant craftsmanship! The PCs look like fine hand-made guitars. Even though Suissa assumes that after a few years the components will be updated, he hasn’t skimped on its present contents, stuffing it with six hard drives, liquid cooling and even a chrome-plated power supply. The model above is called “Fire@Will,” see pics of three more of his graceful creations, after the jump. – Charlie White

Suissa Computers: Powerful, Beautiful and (sort of) Green [treehugger]

JunnaMedia

YasukoMedia

YukiMedia

USB Multi I/O great for Real-Time Data Acquisition

Sharif Al Motawally — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:45:00 +0000

I do not usually post direct product brochures but out of my current Interest in Realtime Data Acquisition projects. I hope this helps our strategic partners working on their projects.
the product is at http://www.datx.com/products_hardware/prod_dt9836-series.htm

DT9836 Series
With Quadrature Decoders

The DT9836 Series is a family of high performance data acquisition modules for USB 2.0 that provide simultaneous analog input operation at up to 225 kS/s per channel. Each analog input has its own A/D converter to eliminate phase shift between channels and to allow you to correlate measurements at the exact same instant in time. These modules feature 3 quadrature decoders for measuring absolute and relative position and for detecting rotational speed.

Get datasheet | Compare configurations |
Free Quadrature Encoders/ Decoders White Paper |
Free Benefits of Simultaneous Data Acquisition White Paper

Simultaneous A/D operation with sampling rates up to 225 kS/s per channel
All subsystems operate synchronously at 36 MHz.
6 or 12 analog inputs, 2 or 4 waveform analog outputs, 16 digital inputs, 16 digital outputs , 2 32-bit counter timers, and 3 quadrature decoders.
16-bit deglitched DAC’s run at 500 kS/s per channel for waveform generation.
True USB 2.0 host interface for transferring data at rates up to 480 Mbits/second.
500 V isolation provides low-noise measurements and protects PC.
Ships with DT-Open Layers device drives, Ready-to- measure applications, DT Measure Foundry evaluation, and much more.

Laptop Case Must Have Contents

Sharif Al Motawally — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:36:00 +0000

* Small surge Protector with 2 or 3 plugs
* A few blank DVDs and CDs
* A thumbdrive
* SD card
* A universal power adapter for your laptop
* Important installation disks, like your Office or OS install disk
* Finally CABLES CABLES CABLES. Who knows what situation you might run into during a presentation – a good selection of cables, from USB to video and audio cords, can come in very handy.