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Embedded Touch Screen – Part 1

egosgame — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:53:30 +0000

Touch screens are becoming nearly ubiquitous. Until recently they were only really used for PDAs and POS terminals. Now it isnt uncommon to see touch screens on high end appliances and electronics. It makes sense to use touch screen interfaces for a couple of reasons. #1 It is intuitive for the user. It doesn’t get any simpler [...]

Living In The Clouds

egosgame — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:37:25 +0000

Some people speak of cloud computing like its some advanced concept that we may someday realize. Well, if you didn’t already know, its here now. It doesn’t take much to operate in the “cloud”. I’ve been doing it for some time and I enjoy the flexibility it gives me without the restrictions of being tied [...]

Be unstoppable!

egosgame — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:33:35 +0000

I just love this video. On the surface it looks like a typical Youtube video of a weirdo dancing around on drugs. But this video exemplifies so many things. Do your own thing This guy didnt stop to look around and see how other people were dancing so he could be like them. He danced how he [...]

Introducing Hulk

egosgame — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:24:41 +0000

Well, after about 6 years of solid performance my old production machine bit the dust. Technically, the OS got corrupt so all it needed was a reload but I figured it was time for a complete upgrade. After a bit of research I settled on the following components: Intel Core i7 920 2.6gGHz 3x 2G Corsair 1600 MHz [...]

Touch Window

egosgame — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:52:07 +0000

Imagine walking up to a storefront window and browsing an interactive product catalog displayed directly on the glass. Like using a giant iphone app. Thats the idea behind Touch Window. Here’s an example: Touch Window was developed for the purpose of providing an interactive user experience at a storefront location. It utilizes a transparent touch sensitive film [...]

Building a CAVE in the desert.

egosgame — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:51:08 +0000

I recently completed construction of a CAVE at the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) in Doha, Qatar. The CAVE has 4 sides (3 walls + floor) and uses active stereo. Active stereo (or “alternate-frame sequencing“) is a method of displaying 3D content with the use of shutter glasses that alternate left/right eye in sequence with [...]

Latitude XT tablet running Windows 7 Beta with multi touch

egosgame — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:00:44 +0000

Thanks to the contributions at NUI Group I was able to hack my Dell Latitude XT tablet running Windows 7 Beta to run multi touch applications developed in Flash. This hack utilizes the underlying multi touch capabilities in Windows 7. Currently it only tracks up to 5 points simultaneously but since this is unofficial it is [...]