June 28, 2007

Text-Based YouTube Video Player for Linux

  Working on a command line Linux system and want to watch a YouTube video? Until now you were out of luck. Warren Harding has designed a program that reads in a YouTube video and plays it using ASCII text! “This is a concept video depicting how users can surf and even watch videos from youtube with out the use of a Graphical User Interface. The operating System is linux

Multitouch SensitiveTable Skin

  Microsoft is not the only player in the Multitouch computer table system. Actually, Alessandro Valli has been working on this concept for many years. Have a look at the latest work out of Natural Interaction. “SensitiveTable’s interface, Skin, is at an advanced stage of development. Last month’s tech demo shows some of the features we are investigating. The multitouch table itself now features zero force sensitivity.”

Binary Marble Adding Machine

Learning binary addition would have been more interesting if it were demonstrated using a Binary Marble Adding Machine. Video after the jump. “The core of the invention is a modification of the divide by two flipflop to retain the marble that falls off the right side, and keep it until the flipflop is flipped to the left by the next marble. See small diagram above right. The retention of this