Captive Media revolution in washroom gaming Occipital Raises $1M (And Counting) On Kickstarter To Bring 3D Scanning To The Masses Boulder & SF-based startup Occipital is probably still best known for its Red Laser and 360Panorama apps, but it confirmed today that it raised over $1 million on Kickstarter to bring its Structure 3D sensor to market. The Structure isn’t just any 3D sensor though. It’s an incredibly small one — so small, in fact, that it can onto the back of your iPad (note: it’s compatible with any iOS device with a Lightning port) and connect without completely killing your battery life. While run-of-the-mill users can use the Structure and its early batch of companion apps to scan objects for printing at Shapeways or to fling balls for virtual kittens to chase around the 3D representation of a room, Occipital was really gunning to pick up developer support this time. It’s certainly a nice little show of financial validation for the team, especially considering this is their first big foray into consumer-facing hardware and the fact that they didn’t exactly need the cash in the first place.
Nix Color Sensor by Matthew Sheridan Follow us on Twitter @nixsensor Check out our story on CHCH Nix is a patent pending device that allows anyone to become a color expert. Just grab Nix from your pocket, purse, or bag, touch it to an object and magically watch the exact color appear on your iPhone, Android, PC, or Mac. Nix is perfect for interior designers, graphic designers, model makers, makeup artists, hobbyists, photographers, fine artists, crafters, hackers, makers, museum curators, painters, land lords, and even… engineers… Help support Nix and become a color expert today! We first came up with the idea for Nix™ while working with a few interior design friends. A colleague of ours was doing incredible work at a local hospital with burn victims and patients with other severe skin disorders. We decided to apply for a R&D grant to help get the ball rolling. Currently Nix works with our development PC and we have built all the graphic assets for the iOS/Android application. Andy Li
DexType’s Virtual Keyboard Software Lets Leap Motion Owners Type In Mid Air The motion-sensing Leap Motion Controller, which lets users eschew the traditional keyboard plus mouse combo and interact with their computers via gestures, started shipping to pre-order consumers this week. Apps with Leap Motion support are, as you’d expect, relatively thin on the ground at this point. They include games like Cut The Rope, a Top News app from the New York Times and some creative tools and education apps, to name a few. Today another app joins the gesture party: DexType gives Leap Motion owners a keyboardless way to type — which could allow, for instance, a doctor to input medical information into a computer without having to wash hands before and after touching a physical keyboard, or a consumer to look up cake recipe details in the middle of baking. The virtual keyboard works by aligning all the letters into a single string displayed along the bottom of the screen — much like Minuum does with its mobile keyboard software.
Lernstift, the first pen that vibrates when u make a mistake by Lernstift (Falk & Daniel) Hello everyone! We are two fathers (and a wonderful team) with one common goal: bringing more "good vibrations" to business, families and schools around the world by creating a unique digital pen that's both useful and fun. Lernstift builds a bridge between classic handwriting and the possibilities of digital technology, creating various new ways of note-taking, digital drawing and e-learning. We invite you to build this bridge with us. Welcome to our journey ... Current digital pens use optical sensors to pick up the writing movements and digitalize the words or sketches for computer use. Lernstift is different. Here's a video of our current prototype in action Thanks to its built-in WiFi module, Lernstift can connect to PCs, smart devices and even other Lernstift pens. Imagine: Parents can check on their kids' learning success with a learning statistics app. 1. 2. Upon launch, Lernstift will be available in English and German. The computer inside Lernstift is an embedded Linux system.
The Djoclate II Is A Portable Music Mixer That Lets You DJ Tunes From Friends’ Devices Here’s a neat hardware project seeking funding on Kickstarter. The Djoclate II — NB: Djoclate is pronounced ‘chocolate’ with a Dutch accent — is a portable, near pocket-sized music mixer. The idea is to enable the would-be DJ who brings it to a house party to pull tunes into the mix from any music storage device in the room, whether that’s a laptop, phone, MP3 player or tablet. To act as a virtual record box the Djoclate II has two inputs, where music storage devices that have a 3.5mm jack can be plugged in (it will ship with two 70cm 3.5mm jack cables to connect music players, and also a mini-USB cable to charge the Djoclate itself, with no other power source required). The Djoclate II is, as its name suggests, the second iteration of the gadget. Djoclate’s creators, Pepperdecks, are seeking $30,000 on Kickstarter to ship the sequel.
CubeSensors - Improving indoor living AdhereTech | Home alima inventist - Solowheel The SOLOWHEEL is the smallest, greenest, most convenient "People Mover" ever invented. This gyro-stabilized electric unicycle is compact and fun to ride and is intended to be used as you would use an electric bicycle.