November « 2009 « Willekeurigheid

SanderElastique 12:41 on 17/11/2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply

Walky is a proof of concept for using fingers gestures as input for the movement of a robot. Cool factor is, that they use an iPhone^W as input device. To see is to believe.

Via Engadget

Chairs in Space!

SanderElastique 13:50 on 16/11/2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply

Toshiba^W, have made a dazzling ad for their HD televisions, using a video camera, a weather balloon and an armchair.

Via Engadget

a_maze_ing

Arri 16:12 on 15/11/2009 | 1 Permalink | Reply

hi!

This is my first contribution here. Since i’m occupied with coding most of the time, be prepared for some nerdie/tech stuff from my side. Like this for instance;

Some people have weird hobbies. One such a hoddy is ‘Code Obfuscation’. This is the art of writing code that’s virtually impossible for anyone (human) to read, but that still compiles into a valid executable.
There’s serious contests organised around this idea, but i came accross this next example while researching ‘maze algorithms’ (another weird hobby…). It isn’t really Obfuscated Code, but it comes from the same kind of sick mind.

Take this piece of C code:

char*M,A,Z,E=40,J[40],T[40];main(C){for(*J=A=scanf(M="%d",&C);
--            E;             J[              E]             =T
[E   ]=  E)   printf("._");  for(;(A-=Z=!Z)  ||  (printf("\n|"
)    ,   A    =              39              ,C             --
)    ;   Z    ||    printf   (M   ))M[Z]=Z[A-(E   =A[J-Z])&&!C
&    A   ==             T[                                  A]
|6<<27<rand()||!C&!Z?J[T[E]=T[A]]=E,J[T[A]=A-Z]=A,"_.":" |"];}

Not only will this compile fine, also the source itsself contains the word “MAZE” (twice actually).
When you paste this in a textfile (maze.c), compile gcc -o maze maze.c and run it ./maze the output will look something like this: (note: the program waits for a number to be entered before it does anything)

._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
| | |_. ._|_._. ._| . ._._._._|_._. | | ._. ._|_. ._._|_. | | | |_. ._. ._. | |
| ._._|_. ._. ._|_._|_. . |_._. ._. . |_. |_._._._. | . | | ._. | |_. |_._| ._|
|_._. |_._| |_. . | ._._|_| ._| ._|_|_| | | | | |_._|_|_. |_. |_._._._._._|_._|
|_. |_. |_._._._|_. ._. ._._._|_. ._._| |_._. ._| |_. | |_. |_. ._. ._| . |_. |
|_. | ._. . | | . ._. | . . | |_._._. . ._| |_._. | ._|_._. | | ._|_. |_|_. . |
| | |_._|_|_._. |_._|_|_|_|_| |_. ._|_| . ._._. |_._._. . ._| |_|_. ._._| ._|_|
|_. . . . |_. | | | | ._|_. ._|_. ._| ._|_|_._. ._| | |_| ._._| ._|_. |_. . . |
| |_| | |_._|_. | ._|_. | |_._._. | |_|_. | | | . ._| |_._. |_. ._. ._. ._|_| |
| | |_| . | . . . ._._._._. ._. ._| . |_._. | ._|_| |_. | |_. | ._| ._| | |_._|
| ._. | | ._|_| | |_. ._. |_._|_._| |_. ._|_._._. | |_._._._. |_. | | |_| |_. |
|_._| . | . | ._| ._|_. |_._._._._. ._| ._. ._._._. ._. | . | |_._|_._._._._. |
|_. |_| |_|_| ._|_._._. | . . . ._._|_._| | ._| | |_| ._|_| . . | |_._._. | | |
|_._. . ._._|_|_._._._._| | |_|_._| . | ._._._._. ._|_. | |_|_| |_._. ._. ._._|
|_. . | |_. |_. | | | |_._| ._. ._._|_|_. ._|_._. . ._| |_. | | ._. . | . ._. |
|_. |_| . ._. . . | |_._. | |_._|_. ._._. |_._. ._|_| ._._._. ._. |_|_|_|_| |_|
|_._|_._| ._|_| |_| | |_._._._. |_._. | ._._| | ._|_._|_._. . ._|_| ._. | ._._|
| | |_._. ._. |_. ._| . . | |_._. | | |_|_. ._._. . | ._. |_| . . ._| . | ._._|
| . ._| . ._| ._| | |_|_|_._. | | . |_|_._._. | |_|_._| |_. |_| | | | |_| |_. |
| |_| |_| |_. | . ._. ._. ._|_. ._| . |_. ._._. ._. ._| |_. ._| |_._| . | |_. |
|_._._._._._|_|_|_._|_._|_._._|_._|_|_._|_._._|_._|_|_._._._._|_._._|_|_._._._|

source: http://homepages.cwi.nl/~tromp/maze.html

Fancy Pansy Hair

SanderElastique 03:58 on 14/11/2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply

A follow up to the “We are Autobots” post, is this guy, who does some fancy shit with face recognition and hair. Grimlock likes! Wessu, can we do that…?

We are Autobots

Lenno 19:23 on 13/11/2009 | 2 Permalink | Reply

OHW WEEEEWH

jammer dat ik geen webcam heb… maar voor de modernere mens, en nieuwe generaties… :

webcam aan en klikken!

http://www.weareautobots.com/ww/index.php

Augmented thingies

*Update: Fimpje toegevoegd. – Nautic3l*

Atelic Choreography

Niekname 11:44 on 13/11/2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply

A very successful film carried out by the English studio DuckEye and imagined for the company of Rambert dance, on a choreography of Alexander Whitley and a music of Guy Connelly. The whole shooté in Canon 5D MKII. To discover in the continuation of the article.