Coding4Fun
-
Getting started with Cinder for Windows Store Apps
Rick Barraza will present a high level overview of the state of creative coding on Windows Store apps and then walk through setting up and working with the Cinder library in Visual Studio for creating amazing computational art.
-
MissionControl - A Flexible API for Remote Device Control
In a race to optimize everything, developers often go to extremes to build software that performs routine tasks. MissionControl is a system that allows users to program a control center that stores interfaces with attached hardware sensors, allowing the users to control any other devices that can be activated via the underlying protocol. For demo purposes, the MissionControl build at this point is compatible with the Phidgets IR hybrid sensor.
-
Philips Hue Lighting Controller
Philips recently introduced their Hue Connected Bulbs: an easy-to-use set of LED light bulbs and Wi-Fi connected bridge which allows you to dynamically change the color of your home lighting using an application. What's particularly cool is that the bridge has a web API which you can access to set the colors of each bulb with your own app. Lets learn how to create a Windows Phone application using their API model!
-
Dynamic Lockscreen Changer
With the release of Windows Phone 8, a few new developer API endpoints were made available that allow third-party applications to change the device lockscreen image. In this article, I am establishing the infrastructure and building a mobile application that provides the ability to choose from a number of dynamic image sets, from which images can be selected and then cycled as lockscreen wallpapers.
-
Panoramic Camera Head
The Pano Head is a rotating platform for a camera that mounts on a tripod and is controlled from your Windows Phone 8 device over Bluetooth. You can use it to take a series of pictures that you can stitch up with Photosynth.
Articles
-
Getting started with Cinder for Windows Store AppsMay 14, 2013 at 3:20 PM
4
What is different on Windows 8Legacy software written for Windows 7 and prior targeted the traditional Windows API, often referred to as Win32. They resulting apps would be a combination of an executable, assets and libraries. The Windows 8 operating system introduces a new type of application,… -
MissionControl - A Flexible API for Remote Device ControlMay 13, 2013 at 8:12 AM 5
In a race to optimize everything, developers often go to extremes to build software that performs routine tasks. MissionControl is a system that allows users to program a control center that stores interfaces with attached hardware sensors, allowing the users to control any other devices that can be… -
Philips Hue Lighting ControllerApr 08, 2013 at 8:17 AM 13
So Philips recently introduced their Hue Connected Bulbs: an easy-to-use set of LED light bulbs and Wi-Fi connected bridge which allows you to dynamically change the color of your home lighting using their iOS or Android app. What’s particularly cool is that the bridge has a web API which you can…
Blog
-
TUIO to touch device to Windows 8 - TouchProxy lets you reach out and...1 day ago 0
Today's project comes to us via Robert of frog design (Yes, that frog design). When his email came in (You all know you can email us your cool and fun projects right? If there's code, is in the Microsoft sphere an does something cool, fun, interesting or different, drop us a line about it,… -
Building your own .NET Gadgeteer module…4 days ago 1
Today's Hardware Friday project by Steven Johnston builds on one of our favorite hardware enabling projects, .NET Gadgeteer, and shows how you can create your own modules... I built my own .NET Gadgeteer module…Ever wondered how the pro’s physically manage to make a module? Well ok, you can get a… -
Vaulting into game dev presentations with the GDC Vault6 days ago 0
Today's post is a quick one highlighting a great deal of free content presented at the 2013 Game Developer Conference Game Developer Conference 2013The Microsoft presentations at GDC 2013 are freely available from the GDC Vault. WindowsConquering the Galaxy with Phones and Tablets: Galactic Reign…
