My friend Doug brought this to my attention this morning. Microsoft's new project Natal. Project Natal is a full-body motion control that doesn't require a controller of any kind. In watching the promotion video for the Natal I was very intrigued and excited in this new innovation.
Project Natal is a bar that sits above or below your TV, much like the Wii's sensor bar. But instead of sensing controllers, this thing has a camera, sensors and a microphone inside that lets it get an accurate sense of your space and you in it. This lets you control games just by moving around; kicking, jumping, whatever. But that's really just the start.
You can also move through menus by swiping your hands back and forth. The camera allows for fun features like facial and voice recognition. When you have it running, your Xbox will recognize your face and sign you in automatically.
This innovation is going to be just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to things that developers will be able to build to interact with the users. It will bring the living room experience to a higher level from past generations of living room gadgets. Check out the video below of promotion of Project Natal.
Boxee is a new way to enjoy your entertainment needs via your computer and T.V. Boxee provides online TV, movies, music, and photos for the couch potato in all of us. This application that Boxee provides has been the go too application for viewing pleasure. One of the main reasons that it has yet to become a household name outside of the tech community is the need to have a full fledged PC to run it. So if you don't have a media center computer hooked up to your TV then more than likely you can only view it from your computer. However, this all about to change. Boxee announced that it has located its first-ever partner, which basically means that some sort of Boxee set-top box is on the way. Boxee has informed us that more details will be provided on December 7th when it reveals its first Beta software. However, obviously there are any number of small form-factor platforms available on the market today to get this done for the folks at Boxee - perhaps an NVIDIA Ion-based system might do the trick? In fact, the mock below looks a lot like an Acer Aspire Revo or maybe it's based on something a bit more powerful?(hothardware.com). If your still unsure about what Boxee has to offer watch the video on there main page. Click Here
So I have returned from vacation and what a trip. It was a great time with friends and with the new ones I made on the trip. So in seeing how I was on vacation it would be a given that I would have taken some photography pictures with my Samsung camera. Here is what I took and with a little use of Photoshop these are my results. Let me know what you think?
I will be unable to do any blog post this coming week due to vacation. I will be returning on Nov 13th and will continue posting more great posts upon the return from my vacation. In the mean time enjoy this picture I took a couple weeks ago on my way to work.
I was searching around on flickr today and I stumbled upon Ultra's photo's. Here real name is Sara Perovic and she is located in Berlin. That was the only information that I was able to find out about her.
There is a nostalgic feeling when viewing her photography. Some of her work takes me back in the past and some are just a simplistic memory. They have that alone feeling or a silence to each of the photos. Let me know what you think of her work.
It was made over 25 years ago. WABOT-2 was a robot that was developed by Waseda University in 1984 as an intelligent humanoid keyboard player.
Playing a keyboard instrument was set up as an intelligent task that the WABOT-2 aimed to accomplish, since an artistic activity such as playing a keyboard instrument would require human-like intelligence and dexterity. Therefore the WABOT-2 was defined as a "specialist robot" rather than a versatile robot.
The robot musician WABOT-2 can converse with a person, read a normal musical score with is eye and play tunes of average difficulty on an electronic organ. The WABOT-2 is also able of accompanying a person while he listens to the person singing. The WABOT-2 was the first milestone in developing a "personal robot".
Here is a clip of the robot demonstrating it’s chops at Expo ‘85 in Tsukuba, Japan with a performance of Kitaro’s new age classic “Silk Road.”
Big Bird we all know and love this big yellow bird. He is one of the most iconic characters on Sesame Street. Being that he is so known he is being used as a Google Doodle to celebrate Sesame Streets 40th Anniversary which is actually on November 10, 2009. The show began back in 1969 and it has been making history ever since.
The groundbreaking show, produced by the Children's Television Workshop and a staple of public broadcasting, was years ahead of its time in promoting values that are now taken for granted in many places - accepting and appreciating diversity, not making assumptions based on gender, and being sensitive to cultural and economic differences, are all ideas the show emphasized before it was fashionable to do so.(NYDailynews.com)
You know what I found interesting is this:" The early years are now available on DVD; and the discs contain a disclaimer that essentially states that they are intended for nostalgia purposes only. The warning reads as follows: "These early 'Sesame Street' episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today's preschool child."
I would have to say that times have changed and also the ideas of how child are being taught in school these days. But on that note hats off to Children's Television Workshop for it's 40th Anniversary and it's influences its had over different cultures.
We as humans are always looking for better ways of doing things to simplify are work loads. So I decided to share a couple of website that can do just that, simplify your workload. So check them out and see if they could fit your needs. If you know of a good app's to simplify or help someone to be more organized let us know.
Pixavid is a FREE image hosting and sharing service. There are no complicated login or sign-up requirements. With Pixavid, pictures can be shared on Facebook, Twitter, Stumbleupon, Reddit and other social networking sites. Pictures can also be posted on personal sites, message boards and emailed.
Creating your own website with Webs.com is incredibly easy. Webs.com offers you a simple way of creating your own easy-to-update website with style even if you have never created a website in your life before. Webs.com is perfect for individuals, small businesses, clubs and organizations, sport teams, real estate…or making a
MyFax Free lets you send a fax at no charge through the Web to 41 countries including the US, Canada, most of Europe, China, Japan, and South Korea. MyFax supports 178 files types including files created by most popular word processors and graphics programs.
It is an online tool for making powerful presentations.Whether you are a professional, a teacher, a student, a businessman, a salesman or anyone looking to put together a cool presentation, Zoho Show is what you will want to use to share your presentations with others easily.
DJ Hero is a new music video game developed by FreeStyleGames and is available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and the Wii. This game was just release on Oct 27, 2009. DJ Hero is spinning a price tag of $120 retail.
DJ Hero primarily simulates turntablism, and features score attack game play similar to the Guitar Hero games. The controller consists of a wireless deck consisting of a movable turntable that supports 3 "stream" buttons, an effects dial, a crossfader, and a "Euphoria" button; a hidden panel contains additional controller buttons to interact with the gaming console outside of the game.
Dj Hero is one of the newest innovation in music gaming with an exclusive 93-mix track list, created by a host of legendary DJs uniquely blending almost every genre of music including hip hop, rock, pop, R&B and dance. Featuring electrifying gameplay that incorporates the fundamentals of DJing in a fun and accessible format, and booming tracks from Rihanna to The Killers; Marvin Gaye to Daft Punk; Queen to the Black Eyed Peas, DJ Hero provides consumers an opportunity to interact and listen to music unlike ever before. So find the DJ in yourself and get this game and experience being a DJ.
My friend Doug brought this to my attention this morning. Microsoft's new project Natal. Project Natal is a full-body motion control that doesn't require a controller of any kind. In watching the promotion video for the Natal I was very intrigued and excited in this new innovation.
