http://www.mindhaven.com/blog life through a liquid crystal display Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:47:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en from one of the founders of MySpace (Brad Greenspan) ... Very impressive. via TechCrunch http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/08/14/photo-realistic-virtual-world-rendered-in-the-cloud/ Carnegie Mellon professor Dr. Randy Pausch passed away Thursday. He is known for his work on Alice, the Entertainment Technology Center, and his speech and book entitled "The Last Lecture". This weekend Google placed a link to his lecture on their homepage. 4.5M views and counting. ... Randy, you have shown me more ... http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/07/27/dr-randy-pausch-honored-by-google/ "Together with fellow Angry Man Jeroen van Hofwegen, I created a generative visual that shows the state of your living room. To do this we use the sound, light and temperature as input. The state of your living room is projected on your wall. The wall gets filled by ... http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/07/13/visualizing-you-living-room/ via Fubiz http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/06/19/showreel-ecal/ Some German students rigged a Wii fit to their PC for some Silver Surfer style action over Google Earth. via Core77: http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/05/30/wii-surfing/ Radial Menus (aka Pie Menus) make it into Windows 7 (eta 2010), presumably for tablet and touch devices. Bill Buxton was a UX (User eXperience) designer for Alias where Radial Menus were implemented for Maya and Sketchbook. He now works for M$. Personally, I like Radial Menus and think that ... http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/05/28/bill-buxton-gets-his-way/ This guy is just awesome! http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/05/23/chad-pugh-creation-cast-science-machine-on-vimeo/ DimP is a Direct Manipulation Video player that allow users to drag items on the video screen at their rate of motion to move with the cursor. A great gift for investigators and folks that want to feel like they're controlling time and space. http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/05/23/dimp-is-pimp/ Missle Command + Multi-touch = Yes! http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/05/18/finally-a-good-use-for-multi-touch/ GreenPix is a massive wall of LED lights purely powered by solar energy. It is a true testament for sustainable design. via Engadget http://www.mindhaven.com/blog/2008/05/10/greenpix/