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Panoramic Camera HeadMar 07, 2013 at 10:00 AM| 43,174 views
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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. I’ve always wanted to take panoramic pictures with my camera from a tripod,… -
Philips Hue Lighting ControllerApr 08, 2013 at 8:17 AM| 42,233 views 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… -
Basic Chat Using ASP .NET AJAXMar 01, 2007 at 6:49 PM| 41,467 views 46
The AJAX Chat Sample shows how to build a browser based chat using ASP .NET and AJAX. ASP.NET AJAX is the easiest and most enjoyable way to start writing asynchronous Web applications using ASP.NET. The official ASP.NET AJAX site is here, and you will want to make sure you have… -
1 minute, 59 secondsWhat Is an Arduino Shield and Why Should My Netduino Care?Jul 22, 2012 at 10:30 PM| 39,787 views 2
C9 Netduino Shield Series - Using Arduino Shield with Netduino - Part I Photo courtesy of John Boxall IntroductionWhen the Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller appeared in 2005, it featured a set of female pin headers exposing most of the pins of the ATmega168 for easy hacking and for… -
Currency Converter v2 – Now on Caffeine!May 02, 2011 at 5:00 AM| 39,109 views 6
Taking user feedback about the application into consideration, it’s time to make some improvements! J Here are some of the reports we got from the users: The application is too slow when exchanging currencies It uses too much data traffic/should cache the exchange rates It doesn’t work for some… -
Tron Disc with .NET MicroframeworkDec 13, 2010 at 8:24 AM| 38,610 views 9
Harford Hackerspace wanted to make our own Tron Identity Disc using the Netduino, allowing us to quickly load different versions of code to change the disc's functionality. David Powell, Gary W. Cygiel, Jeremy Ashinghurst, Paul King, Jason McMahon present a simple lightshow in this… -
0 minutes, 38 secondsFlying the AR.Drone 2.0 with Windows Store ApplicationsJan 30, 2013 at 12:44 PM| 38,260 views 3
The AR.Drone 2.0The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is an awesome device packed with cool features. The drone contains two cameras, one pointed forward that streams live video, and one pointed downwards (for all your surveillance needs). Its got four powerful engines that make it fast and maneuverable. The… -
3 minutes, 49 secondsMissionControl - A Flexible API for Remote Device Control6 days ago| 35,906 views 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… -
.NET Voice RecorderOct 08, 2009 at 11:29 AM| 35,042 views 18
In this article I demonstrate how to record from the microphone in .NET, with support for setting the recording level, trimming noise from the start and end, visualizing the waveform in WPF and converting to MP3. Audio Recording in .NET The .NET framework does not provide any direct support for… -
Dynamic Lockscreen Changer for Windows Phone 8, Built With ASP.NET MVC and Azure Mobile ServicesMar 25, 2013 at 8:39 AM| 34,450 views 0
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…
