Electronics

QR codes laser etched on my phone

April 23, 2008

CR codes laser etched on my phone Originally uploaded by futileboy My iPhone is all customized and pretty thanks to Instructables.com. They are offering free laser etching at the Web2.0 Expo if you bring a high contrast image on a thumb drive. First person to decode my QR codes gets a cookie.

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Multitouch me

March 12, 2008

Multitouch interfaces seem to be all the rage right now. I just got back from Mix and SXSW and saw several examples of multitouch devices from the Surface to some very budget versions using Wiimotes and IR LED gloves. Wiimote interface Originally uploaded by futileboy MS Surface Originally uploaded by futileboy But I think this [...]

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using sound to make shapes

February 2, 2008

Snowy Day at MGFest 2008 from Michael Una on Vimeo.

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Gizmodo spots the Phantom Lapboard at CES

January 9, 2008

Looks like the team at Gizmodo has spotted the Phantom Lapboard over at CES. From what I can recall that doesn’t look like the the older prototypes that I worked on, there are some differences. I don’t want to get too exited to what that might mean. I hope that it means they are finally [...]

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Phantom Lapboard in the New York Times

December 27, 2007

Here’s a nice short and sweet article about the Phantom Lapboard in the New York Times. What I’m wondering is, does this mean demo units are going out to the press?

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Wiimote head tracking to create 3D Window

December 23, 2007

Once again this guy has blown my mind!

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The Gemini S9 lapboard

December 18, 2007

Take a look at the Gemini S9 lapboard. Looks like someone might actually be making it after all. Yay! I can’t wait to get my hands on one. It looks to be pretty close to the original design that I worked on. That part makes me happy. It’s too bad they didn’t base it on [...]

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Robot seat

December 14, 2007

It just follows you around until you need it.

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More fun with the Wiimote

December 10, 2007

This guy is doing some very amazing stuff. I can’t wait to play around with his code. I need to fix my old projector to see about getting this to work. I wonder if you could tear out the Wiimote sensor place it just above a laptop screen sort of like in his demo but [...]

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My first Chumby widget

November 27, 2007

I recently got a Chumby and have been playing around with writing some widgets that I wanted. The first one is this Seattle Traffic Cam widget: I built it using OpenLaszlo instead of Adobe Flash tools since I don’t own a remotely recent version of the Flash software and I wasn’t going to spend $700 [...]

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