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Lighting Inside the Box

STROBIST   2 HOURS AGO
After 15 years of long-term planning (and saving) Susan and I finally took the plunge with a full kitchen remodel. We were really pleased with the results, and at some point ...

Core Knowledge: Working With Remotes

STROBIST   9:00 AM ON THU FEB 2 2012
There are two things you should always remember about radio remotes:One, radio can be fickle. This is true whether you are using your time-honored PocketWizards or a brand n ...

Launch Day: Kinect for Windows, February 1st 2012

HANDS OFF   11:24 PM ON WED FEB 1 2012
Today, February 1st 2012 was launch day for the Kinect for Windows…I think this is a pretty spectacular leap forward from a user interace standpoint.I’m repostin ...

After Action Report: Gesture Recognition Lecture at J ...

HANDS OFF   11:05 PM ON WED FEB 1 2012
I wanted to provide an update on the lecture I gave on Gesture Recognition at the John’s Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. on the 18th of January. See the ...

EETimes.com: “Ten Technologies that will shake CE w ...

HANDS OFF   6:59 PM ON WED FEB 1 2012
A recent article on EETimes.com focused on “Ten technologies that will shake the CE world” . The “CE” stands for Consumer Electronics and the time frame they are loo ...

Konnect with your Kids and Dance to the Beat!

HANDS OFF   3:41 PM ON MON JAN 30 2012
So before Christmas I saw a video for Nickelodeon Dance for the Xbox 360 Kinect. It looked pretty good and something my 3 year old twin boys and 5 year old daughter would re ...

Tyler Stableford: Dispatches From the Underground

STROBIST   9:00 AM ON MON JAN 30 2012
Aspen, Colorado-based photographer Tyler Stableford generally shoots action and adventure, most of it aboveground. But this shoot for Timberland PRO would send him a half-mi ...

Want to learn how to code?

TECHNOLOGY IN OUR COMMUNITY   3:49 AM ON MON JAN 30 2012
There's still time ... Code Year (a project via Codeacademy just started) and it sounds like a pretty cool way to learn how to code.  They'll email you a new interactiv ...

25 Worst Passwords --- is your password listed?

TECHNOLOGY IN OUR COMMUNITY   1:59 AM ON MON JAN 30 2012
As I hear more about online accounts getting compromised, this article from Yahoo/Forbes.com shares some really good tips.-----------If you see your password below, STOP! Do ...

Coming Soon: Order a meal using Gesture Recognition

HANDS OFF   11:36 PM ON SUN JAN 29 2012
According to a Jan 25th, 2012 press release Popstar Networks a digital network signage company announced that they are integrating the Microsoft Kinect into some of their fu ...

Matt Hickey for The Daily.com reports: Microsoft conf ...

HANDS OFF   2:02 PM ON FRI JAN 27 2012
Today, Matt Hickey writing for The Daily.com is reporting that he’s received confirmation from Microsoft that previously viewed Asus Netbook prototypes are in fact usi ...

2012 Tech Fundraiser – Kindle Fire Raffle

THE TECHNO CHEETAH   9:15 AM ON FRI JAN 27 2012
Our 2012 technology fundraiser has begun.  Thanks to the PTA’s generous donation, we are raffling off a Kindle Fire!  The Fire is a multi-touch, WiFi ready tablet de ...

Q&A: Dealing with Glare from Dark Wood Backgrounds

STROBIST   9:00 AM ON THU JAN 26 2012
Reader Jefferson, from California in the US, asked via Twitter:"How do you deal with glare on dark wood in background for portraits? Is this covered in Lighting 101 or ...

Kickstarter project gets 3D vision using the Asus Xti ...

HANDS OFF   12:49 AM ON THU JAN 26 2012
Xaxxon Technologies a company based out of Vancouver, Canada specializes in “open-source robotics, with open-hardware electronics”. If you visit their Twitter pa ...

Lessons From a Violinist

THUNDERPAW WEB DEVELOPMENT AND NETWORK SYSTEMS   1:03 PM ON TUE JAN 24 2012
My hat is off to Slovakian violinist Lukas Kmit for being mega cool under pressure. See the clip below. As a speaker and teacher who occasionally does public creative readi ...
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