I keep writing posts and not posting them because they are work related and I guess I need to tread lightly around work stuff... Don't need to get into hot water, just gotta do what I gotta do. So here are some resources I use, and a little about why I like them. Read the rest of this entry »
One day I tore apart a scanner I owned. I didn't have the power cord for it, so no loss. In fact it became a gain! Time to learn about the stepper motor.
I started researching, like most things I didn't get it at first. But I didn't want to tear apart the motor. I wanted to use it. So I kept on Googling.
With some really basic Arduino knowledge I started there. What do I need to control a stepper motor with an Arduino. Without burning out the Arduino or Stepper motor. Turns out there is a board specifically for that.
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Hey there. It sure has been a while hasn't it?
Looks like I have a little down time while my computer defrags and my upgrade goes through at work, so I thought I'd hop on and white up a quick post of something I just wrapped up and released.
Just taking a step back to reflect quickly. Lots of things going on. This is some news from the light side. (^_^)//
My proposal to Ingenuity Fest 2010 was accepted this year, the project: A digital graffiti wall, interaction will be done with modified spray paint cans rather than touch. The graffiti will be recorded via GML (graffiti markup language) so I'll be able to repurpose it throughout IngenFest as well. Small projections, a large (building size hopefully) projection, use of the graffiti theromin and possibly a CNC style ground chalk painter.
Looks like this'll be this summer's big project.
Some other things coming along: A few web development projects. And a data visualization project with a deadline QUICKLY approaching for the Kelvin Smith Library at CASE. I'm excited to get that one wrapped up soon. that one should have some really nice video documentation once it's wrapped up.
Getting ready for an upcoming multitouch table demo. Some possible nice future opportunities there. If not, another nice opportunity to get user feedback and suggestions.
A while back I'd had this crazy thought of trying to start building an online community for people to share MT Flash applications. I was becoming kind of frustrated that there was no real one location I could start uploading apps to, to share with everyone that wasn't just my own website. A place where a whole group, or everyone, upload apps to use, to build off of, to experiment with.
So I shot out a message to the NUIGroup really quick saying I was thinking about doing something like this. Moments later, Message. NUIGroup user Seth Sandler told me there was actually a group of them already thinking about something like that... and not just Flash, but for everything! Flash, python, processing, frameworks, applications, projects... Everything related to the new types of user interfaces and the software to run them.
First thought, I need to be a part of this! I was totally there, everyone who had already got together were pretty much Everyone I had respected from the NUIGroup. All the users I had hoped to one day work with! Amazing.
So I gladly helped out any way I can, but the real leader pulling it all together, Seth, my hats off to you man. I'm really excited to see how the site grows and evolves. So anyone visiting my site, and reading this, become a member! Get inspired, get Sparked!
I plan on getting as many apps as I can up there for all to use. I have some there now:
I better get into gear too, I don't want to start dropping to far down the top users list
(^_^)//
A little while back, I caught a tweet about ViP Capacitive Foil. They are moving into the relm of true dual touch. A great step in my humble opinion. Not as fancy as true multitouch but it would get their foil on par with the same functionality that users are getting used to thanks to devices like the iPhone and Nexus One.
In case you have some of their capacitive film here are the videos mentioned
Seeing this gets me pumped to start working with the vertical display again, time to start writing down some app demo ideas... I wonder if there is a way to add 3 more hours in a day. (^_^)// I've already cut my sleep time to the bone, by thursday I can seriously start to feel the effects. But I digress, ViP, I await patiently to learn about what it'll take to start working with true dual touch in flash, keep us all posted.
So there are some videos out there that drew my attention to GML
What is GML? It is Graffiti Markup Language. "an open repository for sharing and archiving motion captured graffiti tags." Artists are archiving graffiti, amazing. That is a constantly growing collection of beautiful fluid animations.
So I took a quick look into it. XML, awesome. Standardized, brilliant! Importable into Flash? INDEED.
But taking a quick look at the applications, not too much Flash there.Vanderplayer and Experimental 3D renderer. Nice, but nothing basic. I thought I would give it a shot, at least a version 1 to start off with.
This SWF just grabs a random GML file and draws it out. When it is done, it grabs another. But if it gets stuck somewhere, you can just click on it and it'll start a new GML file.
The theremin one adds sound to the graffiti. Similar to a Theremin, the up and down controls volume, while left and right controls pitch. I found the original code for the theremin part here: http://blog.efnx.com/browser-theremin-wave-data-visualization/
Thank you efnx for the jumpstart to get this idea out of my head.
Looks like it is about time I back track a little and do some post editing. There are a few things that have changed through time that I should re-account for.
Soon they edits will be made and I'll let you know when the changes are up.
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