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Windows Drivers for Kinect, Finally!
Yay! This makes me happy. Microsoft officially announces support for Windows Drivers for the Kinect Camera as a free download in the Spring.This was something I was pushing really hard on in the last...
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Display and Interaction work at Microsoft Applied Sciences
Yay, it's great to see my old group Microsoft Applied Sciences in the press! Lots of great display and interaction work being done there. Fantastic mix of software, hardware, and optics people....
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The re-emergence of DIY vs Big Organizations
Wow! Limor (of Adafruit Industries) is on the cover of Wired. Wicked. Congrats, I am filled with envy. =o) Even if she does look a little bit Photoshop'd. =o/ But, nice homage!It's great to see someone...
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Why your arms don't suck.
Oooooooo..... me likey:It's rare I see a product demo video and say, "Man, I wish my life would be longer so I can see the amazing future we will have." While I am fairly certain the yet un-purchasable...
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Kinect Projects - The First 5 Months
Since it's release in November of 2010, there have been thousands of projects use the Kinect camera from independent developers, artists, and researchers. This is just a short montage of a few that I...
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Myth of the Dying Mouse
It's definitely not the most polished delivery I've made (ignite talks don't let you control your slides, which is very unsettling for me). But, here's a 5 minute ignite talk I recently gave entitled...
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UIST 2011 Student Innovation Contest
UIST 2011 is just a couple months away, and Microsoft Hardware is generously providing the toys again this year. This time it's a touch mouse that provides a full capacitive touch image (which is...
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Giving Computers a Human-Scale Understanding of Space
Computer vision and Human-Computer Interaction are just about to hit their stride. Within the past 4 years, the real-time/robotics computer vision research community has made leaps and bounds - much of...
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The Kinect Effect
This is hands down, the best Microsoft commercial I have ever seen. It has soul. It has spirit. It has open optimism about what a company and creative enthusiasts can do together. They are even...
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Technology as a story
Generally, I consider myself a technologist. I work in technology, I choose environments that have people who are excellent at it. New technologies make the world move forward. If it is shared broadly...
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DARPA Shredder Challenge - you could win $50,000
On October 27th, DARPA announced their Shredder Challenge. Try to unshred 5 documents for $50,000. There has been a few notable efforts such as UCSD's web based approach. But, that page has recently...
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Puzzle 1 done overnight!
Puzzle 1 was completed overnight! Very cool. They definitely get harder. But, the crowd helped UCSD complete puzzles 2 and 3 within a couple of days. So, we could easily catch up.On to puzzle 2
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Shredder Challenge - Puzzle 2 done! Onto Puzzle 3
Puzzle 2 is now done! Puzzle 3 is a drawing (not text). As we get to more complicated puzzles, it's clear that loading, rendering, and UI limitations will become a bigger and bigger issue. My...
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Computer Controlling a Syma Helicopter
Recently, I've been playing with these inexpensive Syma Remote Control Helicopters. At the time they were only $20 (but seemed have been price adjusted for the holidays). They're quite robust to...
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Projects at Google X
These past couple weeks, there have been a few videos released from the group I work in at Google. Congratulations to the many people in X who's hard work has gone into each of these.
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Ceres: solving complex problems using computing muscle
Today, Sameer Agarwal and Keir Mierle (as well as a couple others I'm sure) at Google open sourced the Ceres Non-Linear Least Squares Solver.Since coming to Google, this is probably the most...
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Yay for learning
See, learning can be cute and fun!I donated "one truckload of gravel to pave a school yard" because I personally believe the truckload is an under utilized unit of measure, and it's satisfying to be...
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3 Remarkable Feats in 16 days
When surfing the web and catching up on technology news, it is incredibly easy to become accustomed to the rapid pace that new products are announced, new features are offered, and new capabilities are...
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UIST 2012 Student Competition!
It's that time of year again. The Student Competition for the conference on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST). The goal of the contest is to invent new interactions on state-of-the-art...
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