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Supporting sensors in Windows 8
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(1)Windows 8 can support sensors including; adaptive brightness and automatic screen rotation. Windows 8 is powerful and handling the accelerometer with a low-pass filter to prevent images from being jittery and to improve system response.… -
Building Awesome Apps for Windows 7 (Session 1): A Lap Around the Windows API Code Pack
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The Windows API Code Pack for the .NET Framework is a managed library for building applications that light up on Windows 7. It provides access to new user interface features (taskbar jump lists, libraries, sensor platform and more) as well as "behind the scenes" features that make… -
Hanselminutes on 9 - Gadget Basement with Ward Cunningham
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(7)Scott stopped by Ward Cunningham (you know, the guy who invented the Wiki. Yes, that Ward Cunningham) to hang out, and discovered Ward's treasure trove of electronics, software, soldering guns and web accessible sensor arrays that run 24/7/365. Ever wish you had a real cool uncle that didn't take… -
Feeling the Earth Move
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Want to know if the earth is shaking? How about if someone is moving your laptop? Create a utility to detect movement so you'll know right away when something is happening! The Windows 7 sensors platform exposes a standard way of communicating with hardware for determining location,… -
Building your own game controller!
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Donn Morse created a slightly modified version of the XNA Racing Game Starter Kit to work with a custom game controller that has an accelerometer! The sample driver supports communication between a Windows 7 application and the sensor. (Note that in addition to a dual axis accelerometer, the… -
Want Windows 7 Sensors that are Arduino powered?
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Am I the only one warming up their soldering iron? I posted a bit ago on being able to do a Windows 7 sensor with a parallax board, but Brian Jepson (@bjepson) of MAKE and O'Reilly helped port that driver into a more generic driver that works with Arduino! Right now there is one… -
EMIC - Popfly & Sensors
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Back in October, the European Microsoft Innovation Center celebrated its 5th anniversary with a reception at its offices in Aachen, Germany. In addition to enjoying the party atmosphere, researchers were on hand to demo some of their current project. I had my camera with me and made a…