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Phuture.com http://phuture.com/plog/blog/1 noise/tech phuture 2008-09-28T02:48:06Z John Cage on "I've got a secret" Game show http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/14 <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> General 2007-08-12T13:56:45Z phuture Lawrence Lessig to focus on corruption http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/12 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  'corruption of the political process'. Where do I sign up to join the Lessig Army? General 2007-06-21T21:16:03Z phuture Augmented reality music interface, OSS http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/7 <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. (videos inside) <blockquote><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.</blockquote>Here is a demo with the group's proprietary visualization software.<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> Here's a video demonstration using a webcam and ableton live, more on youtube:<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> In my brief experiments, I was able to use a midi router (like midi yoke) to recognize and send the data, and it's really not too difficult to setup. Tech 2007-05-28T20:58:36Z phuture Frets on Fire with GH PS2 controller http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/6 <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 "<a href="http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank" title="Frets On Fire">Frets on Fire</a>" has been so much fun for many many, now 'wasted', hours. You can pick up the Guitar Hero PS2 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. (videos inside) 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! a quick search turned up this torrent link via google:<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=frets+on+fire+songs+torrent&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" target="_blank">Frets on Fire Songs</a> <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...<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>   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. Tech 2007-05-28T20:33:12Z phuture Sicko http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/4 <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> General 2007-05-28T19:34:27Z administrator The old http://phuture.com/plog/post/1/3 <div align="center"><img src="http://phuture.com/plog/gallery/1/laibac4b.GIF" border="0" alt="the old izmedia logo" /></div> General 2007-05-28T18:49:53Z administrator