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Cameras of the world 5 years from now

There are views that more cameras out there could mean two things. One is that We can finally get a grasp on what’s going on in the world. No longer can dictators and criminals hide from us. For once we can finally generate our own opinions on subjects that before, took an army of journalists [ READ MORE ]

Adaptaion

This week in Comics, we adapted T.C. Boyle’s short story, “The Ape in Retirement” into 6 panels of comic book form. It was a challenge in figuring out what to keep and what to take away and my process has resulted in this. While on the train, I sketched out scenes that were important and [ READ MORE ]

Apple bite

Watch here   import oscP5.*; OscP5 oscP5; //crane[] crane; PImage crane1; PImage crane2; PImage crane3; PImage crane4; PImage crane5; PImage apple; String crane= "crane1, crane2, crane3, crane4, crane5"; PVector posePosition; boolean found; float eyeLeftHeight; float eyeRightHeight; float mouthHeight; float mouthWidth; float nostrilHeight; float leftEyebrowHeight; float rightEyebrowHeight; float[] chew = new float [5]; //float[] crane = [ READ MORE ]

Face tracking projects

In car face tracking – to detect driver fatigue and other behavior. PS Eye head tracking to move the POV of the game according to the position of the head. Example Facial tracking in cars to control objects in the car and identify the driver. Facial recognition for identification of people in photos as depicted [ READ MORE ]

Moments in panels

This week’s homework examines on the different ways we can combine words and images. Interdependent Word Specific Parallel Picture specific Personally, I preferred the picture specific method in this particular story of me crashing my bike. I think the the ability to convey the story using images conveys more emotion. I leave it to the [ READ MORE ]

Skeletal tracking

This week Kim Ash and I worked together on the skeletal tracking of the Kinect using OpenNI. The idea is when you reach a pose, a “nuclear” explosion occurs. Using the code sample from ITP Resident Greg Borenstien’s book “Making Things See, 2011″, it was fairly straightforward enough to get the skeletal tracking in place. [ READ MORE ]

10 years from now, the Kinect will be…

It will be used to track a person’s movements in a moving vehicle. I see the technology to be able to see the effects of crash tests and impact test on vehicles. This could actually be used to take body measurements for various applications such as customized furniture and equipment like bicycles. all connected and [ READ MORE ]

Max Sonar EZ1 critique

In the Sensor Workshop class, I was paired with Mark Breneman to find, update, edit, and critique a sensor report already posted in the ITP wiki as a guide for the ITP community. We chose the MaxSonar EZ-1 sensor form Maxbotix. Most of the codes posted are based on PBASIC and must be translated to [ READ MORE ]

Documentary ideas

We were asked to list possible ideas for a documentary that we can complete this semester so here’s what I came up with. So on the flight back to NY I came up with this list. 1.) *Woody Allen’s Manhattan/ New York 2.) Recycling day/ reusable bags/ plastic bag consumption     I hate the recycling [ READ MORE ]

The self image

This is the second time in my entire academic life that I’ve been fortunate enough to be in a comic book class. The first one was taught by Professor Emil Flores from the Department of English and Comparative Literature from the University of the Philippines which was mostly a writing class and that was almost [ READ MORE ]

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