I love it when the community hacks on things. This device, the Microsoft Kinect, was released only 15 days ago and already has a large group of hackers creating open source tools. Enough for this group to create an interactive puppet show. Amazing.
Imogen Heap - First Train Home
She’s incredibly talented both in studio and live. Most musicians sing or play guitar live… she plays piano, sings, and uses electronic equipment. This particular video she’s using a monome, which is an open source, adaptable, minimalist interface. Essentially a grid of buttons that can be programmed to do many things and in this case a sampler and sequencer.
I have been watching the monome project for a few years and I can’t say that I have never wanted one. I’m just not musically talented enough to validate the purchase :)
Conway’s Game of Life… mounted it in a shadow box…
I'm a Ruby developer that loves to play with science, math, and gadgets. Previously, I was part of a startup called drop.io, acquired by Facebook. I live in Fort Worth, TX with my wife, 2 dogs, and baby boy. I'm a foodie, a gamer, and a self proclaimed scientist.
