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Hand Gesture Interface Project
Hand Gesture Interface Project
The Hand Gesture Interface is a real time gestural interface based on 3D dynamic hand gesture recognition using simple webcams. The application captures and recognizes hand gestures of the user wearing colored gloves, where the hand coordinates are obtained via 3D reconstruction from stereo. The developed system aims to be a generic interface for Windows based applications, and provides supplementary features such as an interactive training and gesture defining system, a gesture tutor, a self-calibration utility for the cameras and a tool for linking the interface to different applications. The interface can be used by people with disabilities for various tasks, as well as by common users for controlling of desktop applications. The system can be linked to any third party program through generation of windows based mouse and keyboard events.
#interface#windows#opensource#gesturecomputing#altinput#hznmc#hz10
·cmpe.boun.edu.tr·
Hand Gesture Interface Project
Atlas Gloves: A DIY Hand Gesture Interface for Google Earth
Atlas Gloves: A DIY Hand Gesture Interface for Google Earth
Atlas Gloves is a DIY physical interface for controlling 3D mapping applications like Google Earth. The user interface is a pair of illuminating gloves that can be used to track intuitive hand gestures like grabbing, pulling, reaching and rotating. The Open Source Atlas Gloves application can be downloaded here and operated from home using a webcam and two self-made illuminating gloves (or flashlights).
#interface#googleearth#googlemaps#howto#hznmc#hz10#gesturecomputing#altinput
·atlasgloves.org·
Atlas Gloves: A DIY Hand Gesture Interface for Google Earth
Gesture Friendly Interfaces for Classroom Teaching with Thinking Tools
Gesture Friendly Interfaces for Classroom Teaching with Thinking Tools
Thinking tools are typically designed for students working on their own computers. When used from the front of a classroom, the complex graphical user interfaces of these tools can interfere with an instructor’s ability to lecture effectively and to use natural gestures. A thinking tool for the grade 9 mathematics topic of “relationships” has been developed with a more gesture-friendly interface. This gesture-friendly interface allows a teacher to focus more on interacting with students, creating engaging visualizations, and using natural hand and arm gestures as part of the lecture.
#hznmc#hz10#gesturecomputing#altinput
·springerlink.com·
Gesture Friendly Interfaces for Classroom Teaching with Thinking Tools
Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
A London-based SME uses computer vision and other sensing to create multi-touch walls and countertops for use across sectors such as retail, hospitality, education and healthcare. The company is seeking industrial/academic research partners to develop a "gesture language" for human-computer interface.
#hznmc#hz10#gesturecomputing#altinput
·steinbeis-europa.de·
Steinbeis Europa Zentrum
TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense — Video | Epicenter | Wired.com
TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense — Video | Epicenter | Wired.com
Students at the MIT Media Lab have developed a wearable computing system that turns any surface into an interactive display screen. The wearer can summon virtual gadgets and internet data at will, then dispel them like smoke when they’re done.
#hznmc#hz10#mobiles#mobile#interface#gesturecomputing#altinput
·wired.com·
TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense — Video | Epicenter | Wired.com
TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense — Video | Epicenter | Wired.com
TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense — Video | Epicenter | Wired.com
Students at the MIT Media Lab have developed a wearable computing system that turns any surface into an interactive display screen. The wearer can summon virtual gadgets and internet data at will, then dispel them like smoke when they’re done.
#hznmc#hz10#mobiles#mobile#interface#gesturecomputing#altinput
·wired.com·
TED: MIT Students Turn Internet Into a Sixth Human Sense — Video | Epicenter | Wired.com
Joe Fletcher – Touch and Gesture Computing | The Knowledge Chamber | Channel 9
Joe Fletcher – Touch and Gesture Computing | The Knowledge Chamber | Channel 9
Joe Fletcher works in the Surface team, and is focused on identifying design approaches which best utilize touch-based interfaces for both Surface as well as Windows 7. In this episode we will discuss with Joe some of the concepts that he will be expanding upon in his upcoming session at MIX09. If you have specific issues you’d like to see him cover in his session, please leave a comment here letting him know!
#hznmc#hz10#gesturecomputing#altinput
·channel9.msdn.com·
Joe Fletcher – Touch and Gesture Computing | The Knowledge Chamber | Channel 9
Contextual Computing Group: Georgia Tech Gesture Toolkit
Contextual Computing Group: Georgia Tech Gesture Toolkit
Gesture recognition is becoming a more common interaction tool in the fields of ubiquitous and wearable computing. Designing a system to perform gesture recognition, however, can be a cumbersome task. Hidden Markov models (HMMs), a pattern recognition technique commonly used in speech recognition, can be used for recognizing certain classes of gestures. Existing HMM toolkits for speech recognition can be adapted to perform gesture recognition, but doing so requires significant knowledge of the speech recognition literature and its relation to gesture recognition. Thus, we introduce the Georgia Tech Gesture Toolkit (GT2k), which leverages Cambridge University's speech recognition toolkit, HTK, to provide tools that support gesture recognition research. GT2k provides capabilities for training models and allows for both real-time and off-line recognition.
#reference#programming#gesturecomputing#altinput#hznmc#hz10
·gt2k.cc.gatech.edu·
Contextual Computing Group: Georgia Tech Gesture Toolkit
Gesture-based American Sign Language Game for Deaf Children — College of Computing
Gesture-based American Sign Language Game for Deaf Children — College of Computing
90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents. Most do not know sign language or have low levels of proficiency. Unlike hearing children of English-speaking parents or deaf children of signing parents, these children often lack the serendipitous access to language at home which is necessary in developing linguistic skills during the "critical period" of language development. Often these children's only exposure to language is from signing at school. Castle Quest and CopyCat are games that use our sign language recognition system to augment early classroom teaching for developing American Sign Language (ASL) skills in young deaf children.
#hznmc#hz10#gesturecomputing#altinput
·cc.gatech.edu·
Gesture-based American Sign Language Game for Deaf Children — College of Computing
WiTricity Corp. Home — Wireless Electricity Delivered Over Distance
WiTricity Corp. Home — Wireless Electricity Delivered Over Distance
Cell phones, game controllers, laptop computers, mobile robots, even electric vehicles capable of re-charging themselves without ever being plugged in. Flat screen TV’s and digital picture frames that hang on the wall—without requiring a wire and plug for power. Industrial systems and medical devices made more reliable by eliminating trouble prone wiring and replaceable batteries. WiTricity Corp. is working to make this future a reality, developing wireless electricity technology that will operate safely and efficiently over distances ranging from centimeters to several meters—and will deliver power ranging from milliwatts to kilowatts. WiTricity Corp.’s vision is to develop a family of wireless electric power components that will enable OEM’s in a broad range of industries and applications to make their products truly “wireless.” Wireless electric power that is safe for people and animals. Wireless electric power—imagine no more… it’s here!
#hznmc#hz10#newpower#wireless#energy#technology#innovation#future
·witricity.com·
WiTricity Corp. Home — Wireless Electricity Delivered Over Distance
Dell Latitude Z — Wireless Charging and Docking for the Enterprise
Dell Latitude Z — Wireless Charging and Docking for the Enterprise
The enterprise notebook space is much more interesting now that Dell has announced the Latitude Z. The Z is a 16-inch ultra-thin “preppy” notebook with some firsts for the the industry. Dell has outfitted the Latitude Z with the first wireless charging option for a notebook. That’s not all though, they’ve also made an option for wireless docking in an attempt to leave the Z totally untethered in the office.
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·jkontherun.com·
Dell Latitude Z — Wireless Charging and Docking for the Enterprise
Dell Latitude Z — Wireless Charging and Docking for the Enterprise
Dell Latitude Z — Wireless Charging and Docking for the Enterprise
The enterprise notebook space is much more interesting now that Dell has announced the Latitude Z. The Z is a 16-inch ultra-thin “preppy” notebook with some firsts for the the industry. Dell has outfitted the Latitude Z with the first wireless charging op
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·jkontherun.com·
Dell Latitude Z — Wireless Charging and Docking for the Enterprise
Eric Giler demos wireless electricity | Video on TED.com
Eric Giler demos wireless electricity | Video on TED.com
Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT's breakthrough version, WiTricity -- a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker.
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·ted.com·
Eric Giler demos wireless electricity | Video on TED.com
Research@Intel · Rattner: The promise of wireless power
Research@Intel · Rattner: The promise of wireless power
At the recent Intel Developer Forum (IDF), I demonstrated a technology developed at our research lab in Seattle that relies on strongly coupled resonators to wirelessly transmit power for several feet with great efficiency. In the month since IDF, the feedback on wireless power transmission has been extraordinary. Clearly the prospect of cutting cords seems to resonate with people everywhere. Someone (not Intel!) has already created a Wikipedia entry for it.
#hznmc#hz10#newpower#wireless
·blogs.intel.com·
Research@Intel · Rattner: The promise of wireless power
Top 10 technologies in a death spiral - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.com
Top 10 technologies in a death spiral - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.com
Earlier this week, people in Mexico and the US recognized Dia De Muertos (Day of the Dead), a holiday which recognizes friends and loved ones which have recently departed. So this week we have decided to recognize some technologies which have recently or will soon be leaving the technology mainstream. Unlike other recent lists, this was fairly easy to construct and there was limited, if occasionally spirited (no pun intended), debate about its order.
#hznmc#hz10#trends#newpower#technology
·v3.co.uk·
Top 10 technologies in a death spiral - V3.co.uk - formerly vnunet.com
10 Things to Know About Wireless Power
10 Things to Know About Wireless Power
The hype cycle around wireless power has been gathering a charge ever since Intel wowed folks at its IDF conference last year with a demo of wireless charging. Then over the summer, a TED video surfaced with a similar demo, starring the CEO of WiTricity. And this week we saw Dell launch a notebook with wireless charging and Nokia join a new industry consortium dedicated to wireless power. But like other aspects of the wireless world, there are a lot of differences, issues and things that average outlet-avoiding consumer needs to know
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·gigaom.com·
10 Things to Know About Wireless Power
10 Things to Know About Wireless Power
10 Things to Know About Wireless Power
The hype cycle around wireless power has been gathering a charge ever since Intel wowed folks at its IDF conference last year with a demo of wireless charging. Then over the summer, a TED video surfaced with a similar demo, starring the CEO of WiTricity.
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·gigaom.com·
10 Things to Know About Wireless Power
Technology Review: TR10: Wireless Power
Technology Review: TR10: Wireless Power
Soljačić started searching for ways to transmit power wirelessly. Instead of pursuing a long-distance scheme like Tesla's, he decided to look for midrange power transmission methods that could charge--or even power--portabl­e devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and laptops. He considered using radio waves, which effectively send information through the air, but found that most of their energy would be lost in space. More-targeted methods like lasers require a clear line of sight--and could have harmful effects on anything in their way. So Soljačić sought a method that was both efficient--able to directly power receivers without dissipating energy to the surrounding­s--and safe. He eventually landed on the phenome­non of resonant coupling, in which two objects tuned to the same frequency exchange energy strongly but interact only weakly with other objects.
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·technologyreview.com·
Technology Review: TR10: Wireless Power
Technology Review: TR10: Wireless Power
Technology Review: TR10: Wireless Power
Soljačić started searching for ways to transmit power wirelessly. Instead of pursuing a long-distance scheme like Tesla's, he decided to look for midrange power transmission methods that could charge--or even power--portabl­e devices such as cell phones,
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·technologyreview.com·
Technology Review: TR10: Wireless Power
BBC NEWS | Technology | Wireless power system shown off
BBC NEWS | Technology | Wireless power system shown off
A system that can deliver power to devices without the need for wires has been shown off at a hi-tech conference. The technique exploits simple physics and can be used to charge a range of electronic devices over many metres. Eric Giler, chief executive of US firm Witricity, showed mobile phones and televisions charging wirelessly at the TED Global conference in Oxford. He said the system could replace the miles of expensive power cables and billions of disposable batteries.
#hznmc#hz10#newpower
·news.bbc.co.uk·
BBC NEWS | Technology | Wireless power system shown off
Unifying the Conversations (Salmon Protocol)
Unifying the Conversations (Salmon Protocol)
As updates and content flow in real time around the Web, conversations around the content are becoming increasingly fragmented into individual silos. Salmon aims to define a standard protocol for comments and annotations to swim upstream to original update sources -- and spawn more commentary in a virtuous cycle. It's open, decentralized, abuse resistant, and user centric.
#semanticweb#standards#conversation#aggregation#hznmc#hz10
·salmon-protocol.org·
Unifying the Conversations (Salmon Protocol)
Climate Savers Computing
Climate Savers Computing
Started by Google and Intel in 2007, the Climate Savers Computing Initiative is a nonprofit group of eco-conscious consumers, businesses and conservation organizations. The Initiative was started in the spirit of WWF’s Climate Savers program which has mobilized over a dozen companies since 1999 to cut carbon dioxide emissions, demonstrating that reducing emissions is good business. Our goal is to promote development, deployment and adoption of smart technologies that can both improve the efficiency of a computer’s power delivery and reduce the energy consumed when the computer is in an inactive state.
#environment#energy#green#technology#sustainability#nmcfuture
·climatesaverscomputing.org·
Climate Savers Computing
keynotetweet
keynotetweet
A simple Applescript Application for automatically sending tweets from Apple Keynote during a presentation This simple piece provides the capacity for speaker or presenter to to participate in the backchannel of a talk or conference session by integratin
#twitter#presentation#opensource#apple#cybersalonaz
·code.google.com·
keynotetweet