Yes, Microsoft’s Kinect has already been cracked, as you’ll see on video after the break — the motion-sensing depth camera now nods its head on command and displays real-time accelerometer data on one lucky hacker’s PC. We tracked down the son-of-a-gun who did it — as it happens, the same NUI Group member who hacked the PlayStation Eye in 2008 — and found to our disappointment that he doesn’t necessarily intend to unleash his new exploit on the world, regardless of the $2,000 prize Adafruit is presently offering for open-source Kinect drivers. He does, however, have big personal plans for the device, as he hopes to integrate it into his company’s commercial visualization suite CL Studio Live, and work is progressing fast — he says he’s gotten video streams from both cameras to output to his computer already, and plans to upload a far more convincing video soon. Here’s hoping he has a change of heart about sharing his rapid accomplishments. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading Kinect does hacker’s bidding, but not for fortune or fame (video) Kinect does hacker’s bidding, but not for fortune or fame (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Greece’s prime minister has said he is satisfied with the outcome of local elections and would continue reforms without calling a snap parliamentary poll. “Making a change is not easy. Greek people brought us to power a year ago and today confirmed that they want this change. We will continue with our task tomorrow,”George Papandreou said in a televised address to the nation following Sunday’s elections. Papandreou had threatened to dissolve parliament barely a year after coming to power if the first round of the regional elections had failed to give him a clear mandate to pursue budget cuts and reforms agreed in May under a $155bn EU/International Monetary Fund bailout to save Greece from…
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Greece’s prime minister has said he is satisfied with the outcome of local elections and would continue reforms without calling a snap parliamentary poll. “Making a change is not easy. Greek people brought us to power a year ago and today confirmed that they want this change. We will continue with our task tomorrow,”George Papandreou said in a televised address to the nation following Sunday’s elections. Papandreou had threatened to dissolve parliament barely a year after coming to power if the first round of the regional elections had failed to give him a clear mandate to pursue budget cuts and reforms agreed in May under a $155bn EU/International Monetary Fund bailout to save Greece from…
Continue reading …GreenFest 2010: Bill McKibben Interviews Gabe Wisniewski from Greenpeace
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Bill McKibben speaks with Dr. Kevin Danaher at Green Festivals 2010 in San Francisco in this TreeHugger exclusive…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Tactile+Plus brings buttons, of a sort, to your capactive touchscreen games
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That fish sausage stylus might improve your cold weather accuracy, but it’s not the wacky accessory of choice to reliably pull off that Ultra Combo in Street Fighter IV . For that, you need buttons , and a niche Japanese product has your back — the Tactile+Plus, a set of translucent nubs you stick right on your capacitive touchscreen to get a tactile feel for your game.
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Now it’s the socialite network– Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has joined Facebook, launching a series of official pages offering the website’s 500 million users daily updates on her engagements, the royal household said Sunday. (Nov. 7)
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Seen in an antique store in Orange – Rosie O’Donnell “Friend of Barbie” doll. I believe it comes with a detachable “angry leftie butch lesbian” head.
Continue reading …GreenFest 2010: Bill McKibben Interviews Dr. Kevin Danaher from Global Exchange
November 7, 2010 No CommentBill McKibben speaks with Dr. Kevin Danaher at Green Festivals 2010 in San Francisco in this TreeHugger exclusive. Dr. Danaher is a Founder of Global Exchange, TransFairUSA and the Green Festivals, two-day events bringing together hundreds of green economy companies, social justice and envi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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