http://phuture.com/plog/blog/1 <p>noise/tech</p> <div align="center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="350" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/SSulycqZH-U" id="ltVideoYouTube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SSulycqZH-U" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAcess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object></div> http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/14 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:56:45 -0700 Lawrence Lessig <a href="http://www.lessig.org/blog/archives/003800.shtml#003800" target="_blank">writes in his blog</a> that he will refocus his energies away from attempting to bring sanity to IP law, and onto addressing&nbsp; &#39;corruption of the political process&#39;. Where do I sign up to join the Lessig Army? http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/12 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:16:03 -0700 <p><a id="res_3" href="http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/?software" target="_blank"><img src="http://phuture.com/plog/gallery/1/previews/reactivision02.png" border="0" alt="reacTIVision markers, downloadable from the site" title="reacTIVision markers, downloadable from the site" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="50" height="50" align="left" /></a>Ran across <a href="http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/?software" target="_blank">this project</a> when researching some video recognition systems, installed the software, connected a camera..and amazingly, it all worked. There are more detailed videos and instructons online, so search around a bit if you are interested in exploring this. <span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">(videos inside)</span> </p><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-small"><a href="http://mtg.upf.edu/reactable/?software" target="_blank">reacTIVision 1.3</a>:reacTIVision is an open source, cross-platform computer vision framework for the fast and robust tracking of fiducial markers attached onto physical objects, as well as for multi-touch finger tracking.</span></span></blockquote><p>Here is a demo with the group&#39;s proprietary visualization software.</p><p align="center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="350" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/WEDia3CFdfg" id="ltVideoYouTube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WEDia3CFdfg" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAcess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object> </p><p>Here&#39;s a video demonstration using a webcam and ableton live, more on youtube:</p><p align="center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="350" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/VSoHtubQ9Rw" id="ltVideoYouTube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VSoHtubQ9Rw" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAcess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object></p><p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="left">In my brief experiments, I was able to use a midi router (like midi yoke) to recognize and send the data, and it&#39;s really not too difficult to setup. </p> http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/7 Mon, 28 May 2007 20:58:36 -0700 <p><a id="res_2" href="http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank"><img src="http://phuture.com/plog/gallery/1/previews-med/logo.png" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="207" height="50" align="left" /></a>Gotten a bit burnt on it lately, but &quot;<a href="http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank" title="Frets On Fire">Frets on Fire</a>&quot; has been so much fun for many many, now &#39;wasted&#39;, hours. </p><p>You can pick up the <strong>Guitar Hero</strong> <strong>PS2</strong> controller at a local retailer or online for about $35, a PS2(playstation 2) to USB converter found at Radio Shack for $14, and fire this free software up for a grand total of about $50. <span style="font-size: xx-small">(videos inside)</span> Search a bittorrent tracker to find a massive library of songs to play along with. Mindless entertainment, but I think it got us off of our tuffs long enough to get working on things again... it works with a standard qwerty keyboard as well!</p><p>&nbsp;a quick search turned up this torrent link via google:</p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=frets+on+fire+songs+torrent&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a" target="_blank">Frets on Fire Songs</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.theguitarzeros.com">The Guitar Zeros</a> take the thing to a whole new level by utilizing Max with the GH controller to actually make music...</p><p><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="350" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/d9e56cxCduo" id="ltVideoYouTube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d9e56cxCduo" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAcess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object> </p><p>&nbsp; they even include an entire <a href="http://www.theguitarzeros.com/use_guitar_hero_controller_as_an_instrument.php">HOW-TO</a> so you can rock it yourself. </p> http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/6 Mon, 28 May 2007 20:33:12 -0700 <div align="center"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="450" height="350" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/yiEl1EcqnAY" id="ltVideoYouTube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yiEl1EcqnAY" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowScriptAcess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerMode=embedded" /></object></div> http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/4 Mon, 28 May 2007 19:34:27 -0700 <div align="center"><img src="http://phuture.com/plog/gallery/1/laibac4b.GIF" border="0" alt="the old izmedia logo" /></div> http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/3 Mon, 28 May 2007 18:49:53 -0700