May 22, 2013 0

Melon: a #kinect based controller

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Melon is a piece of software developped by François Zajéga at Numédiart, Mons, Belgium.

And Melon is a piece of software to help designers and creators set up the kinect as a controller for any interactive project requiring this type of 3D camera interface. The software is build to be user friendly and can send squeleton data via the OSC protocol.

François presented his project at the lastest Libre Graphics Meeting. In this video, you’ll also learn the possibilites of the software, the coming improvements and why in hell it is called Melon.

For those who follow this blog, we played with Melon and BLender in one of our Blender bpy/bge workshops. Melon has also been used in this latest installation, Tyranoeil, that you can see until the 9th of June in front of the Central Station, Brussels.

Melon – a kinect based controller – Medialab-Prado Madrid.

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May 21, 2013 0

PIMP #CoverTuesday

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This is the cover that wants to sound like it’s the original. I don’t know where 50 cent got his sample from, but this wordless cover of P.I.M.P. woud be perfect with a mojito on this sunny *cough* afternoon.

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May 14, 2013 0

Dream A Little Dream Of Me #CoverTuesday

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A bit late on the Cover Tuesday post today, but perfect timing for this cover by Ella & Louis. A classic first recorded by Ozzie Nelson and covered more than 60 times (according to Wikipedia).

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May 13, 2013 0

Tyranoeil : la tentation du panoptique

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Le Tyranoeil est une installation interactive commissionnée par la Zinneke pour l’exposition “Tentation/Bekoring” qui prendra place autour de la Gare Centrale de Bruxelles du 17/05 au 09/06/2013.

Ce projet est une initiative d’Olivier Meunier en collaboration avec François Zajéga et moi-même. Toutes les notes, avancements et détails techniques du projet sont sur le wiki d’Olivier.

Vous êtes bien entendu cordialement invité au vernissage de l’expo, le 16 mai (J’imagine que ce sera à partir de 18h).

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May 12, 2013 0

3615 internet

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En 1995, France Télécom a la ferme intention d’interdire internet en France. Sisi!

Mais Valentin Lacambre, qui est plus malin que France Télécom à lui tout seul, s’en rend propriétaire… d’internet… la marque. Sisi!

C’est la connerie du dimanche (enfin, ça dépend d’où on se place) pour vous signaler ce documentaire “Une contre histoire des internets” qui passera ce 14 mai à 22h40 sur Arte. Un documentaire à voir absolument si vus voulez comprendre un peu sur quoi vous êtes et pourquoi c’est important de comprendre. (Pour ne pas attendre jusque mardi, c’est aussi.)

Parce que nous sommes tous des pédo-nazis.

Une contre-histoire des internets – ARTE.

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May 11, 2013 0

The User is Drunk #oupas

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How to think about interface design.

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May 10, 2013 0

Presentation of the uHbench at @MedialabPrado #Madrid

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A record of my 10 minutes presentation of the uHbench, the open hardware public bench, during Libre Graphics Meeting at Medialab Prado.

I’m talking about inspiration, creation, publication and use cases.

The slides are here if you want to look at them.

uHbench: open source hardware public bench – Medialab-Prado Madrid.

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May 7, 2013 0

Crazy Ray #CoverTuesday

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L’original, par Gnarls Barkley est déjà un morceau incroyable. Cette reprise par Ray Lamontagne est tout aussi dingue, en fait.

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April 30, 2013 0

Get Lucky #CoverTuesday

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À peine sorti, déjà repris, le tube de cet été sera pour moi cette version par Daughter et non pas l’original des Daft Punk, vieux de 10 jours seuleument.

PigeonsAndPlanes

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April 29, 2013 0

#Interactivos?’13: Final presentations at @MedialabPrado

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Here’s the video from the last day presentations of the Interactivos?’13 workshop at Medialab Prado, Madrid. 10 projects have been developped during these 2 weeks. I’m planning on blogging more extensively about some of them. But for now, if you want to have a quick idea of what came out of this intensive workshop, sit back and watch this 2 hour video. It’s mainly in english, with some spanish speakers here and there. I must warn you that everyone worked hard to the last minute, so we were all in a high degree of fatigue and bugs and quirks showed up sometimes. (For those who want to skip, I present “Design with Git” at 58:00)

Medialab-Prado.

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