Hardware

This morning we announced the latest Microsoft webcam, the Microsoft Lifecam Studio. This is our best webcam yet. First thing you will notice is a full 1080p HD sensor for an incredible picture. This updated Lifecam has a thread for tripod, ClearFrame and TrueColor provides a great picture in low…

I stopped by the hardware team to take a first look at the new Arc Touch Mouse, and shot this short video. The Touch folds flat, to about the same size as an HTC Touch phone. Where the old Arc Mouse fit well in a front pocket, the Arc Touch will do well in a back pocket. The folding portion of the…

Call me a girl, but I like pink. I’ve never had a pink mouse though, although I’ve seen plenty for sale. But now there’s one available that’s tempting me to purchase, not just for its color but because I know it’s for a good cause. This upcoming special edition of the Wireless Mobile Mouse…

Trossen Robotics has a pretty awesome RFID kit with a RedBee RFID reader by Robotic Connections.  Here are a few specs from the reader. Supports all EM41xx family 125 kHz RFID tags USB, XBee, and TTL Serial communication Serial Communication Protocol and Shared Serial Devices Protocol…

Last year, Clint Rutkas contacted me about building a project involving lasers, graffiti and code. When you get a request like that, you never decline, especially when lasers are involved. The project requirements sounded quite simple: create an application that can, using a laser pointer as a…

The .NET Micro Framework (NETMF) team has a great example of using low cost, embedded computing to improve their biking experience. All the source code can be found at http://netmfbikecomputer.codeplex.com/ and just a reminder, the NETMF is 100% open source as well! Introduction Getting the…

Last year I had to earn my M.Sc. in engineering and decided to make up my own final graduation project, a part of which is this very cheap design tool. Check out the video below! Brian Peek, author of WiimoteLib, saw the video and asked me to write a practical article on how to create something…

Brandon LeBlanc from The Windows Blog and I talk about using the Azure service WEIShare.net to capture scores from your Windows Experience Index.

WEI Share ("We Share") is a Coding4Fun code sample that takes your Windows Experience Index score and shares it with the world (anonymously) to an Azure website with a Silverlight front end and lets you post your WEI score to Facebook for bragging rights. Why would you want…

WEI Share ("We Share") is a Coding4Fun code sample that takes your Windows Experience Index score and shares it with the world (anonymously) to an Azure website with a Silverlight front end and lets you post your WEI score to Facebook for bragging rights. Why would you…