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thenightlynews : Built with Processing

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:58:28 -0800

"The Nightly News" uses ten news segments captured from various television networks to create a real-time version of a news program. As long as it is left on, it will continuously produce the news. Always changing. Always the same.

Make: Online : ARToolKit makes it to the iPhone

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:50:39 -0800

Augmented Reality Toolkit on the iPhone running at 10fps. Amazing things ahead.

lols@thepast: Quartz Composer, so far

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:50:33 -0800

Quartz Composer patch to display Twitter Search RSS.

Scientists try to let the blind see fish - USATODAY.com

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:17:13 -0800

From the page: "ATLANTA" As brightly colored fish dart in and out of the rocks scattered in a small aquarium, a bewildering melody follows each of their movements.

The eerie symphony comes from an "audio aquarium," a contraption dreamed up by Georgia Tech scientists as a way to let blind people experience sea life. The researchers say they wanted to help people with disabilities do something that's more fun than functional.

"Many of the things we do help them solve basic problems �" shopping, working, brushing their teeth," says Bruce Walker, an associate professor who works with the school's Center for Music Technology. "There are very few assistive technologies that help them do the fun stuff."

Consider the aquarium firmly in the latter category.

It works through a camera that uses recognition software that tracks objects based on their shape and color. The software then links each movement to different instruments that change in pitch and tempo as the fish patrol the tank. Fish that move toward the surface have a higher pitch. The faster they move, the faster the tempo."

husk.org. a flickr machine tag browser.

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:48:30 -0800

A machine tag namespace browser for flickr.

Code: Flickr Developer Blog & Machine Tag Hierarchies

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:46:45 -0800

Aaron Straup Cope's riff on machine tags at flickr.

Financial Aid Podcast Free MP3 Internet Radio Show & Daily Aid 50: Power networking bonus

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:06:54 -0800

Networking Tip on taking photos of people at public events as a way to meet them. Genius.

Firefox Extension: App Discover

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:12:10 -0800

Interesting proof of concept for notifying visitors to a website (via Firefox) that there are add-ons which could enhance their visit to said site. Needs site to annotate itself with specialized markup.

Cultural Integrity in Design: Typographic Studies

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:59:47 -0800

Jihad Lahham's evocative exploration of grid systems.