First tests of playing with Kinect on OSX. Thanks to libfreenect and ofxKinect for openFrameworks.

One hand draws in 3D, two hands rotates the view. Very rough prototype.

source for this demo can be found at github.com/memo/ofxKinect-demos

Using ofxKinect by Theo Watson, Dan Wilcox and co.
github.com/ofTheo/ofxKinect

based on libfreenect by Hector Martin "marcan"
git.marcansoft.com/?p=libfreenect.git


This code is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or version 3;
see:
gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

More info on the opensource kinect drivers at github.com/OpenKinect/openkinect


Kinect, why it matters: memo.tv/kinect_why_it_matters


UPDATE: A lot of people have been asking, the soundtrack is "Shashkin" by Ömer Faruk Tekbilek (originally by Erkin Koray)

Reverse engineering Apple's secret charging methods

A simple stand-alone mobile display unit for sensors, in this case equipped with a SHT-15 sensor for temperature and humidity, but other sensors can be connected via the RJ-11 connector

Didac Gil de la Iglesia and Bahtijar Vogel demonstrate the prototype based on Arduino, a sensor, and the HW Kitchen GPRS module. The unit sends sensor data directly to a Google Spreadsheet, and the data is retrievable through a 2D barcode that directs the Android mobile phone to a rendering of the spreadsheet that is viewable in the phone.