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Windows 8.1, Windows Phone, NFC, Bluetooth and help in building connected app's.Dec 09, 2013 at 6:00 AM
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Today's project from Joost van Schaik is a Hardware Friday, a Mobile Monday and Windows Wednesday project all wrapped up in one post. WiFi Direct, NFC, Bluetooth, Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows Phone 8 and some code to help you build apps that talk between them all. Building for both: a… -
More Machine 2 Machine with M2Mqtt. Now with SSL/TLS and async eventsDec 06, 2013 at 6:00 AM 0
In today's Hardware Friday post we're revisiting the work of Paolo Patierno and his cool M2Mqtt client library, Machine 2 Machine with a MQTT .Net Library. He's continued to drive it forward, adding new features and capabilities. One of the best, IMHO, is its SSL/TLS support. One the things that… -
Direct to Windows Store... The DirectX C++ Game Project Template and Getting Started GuideDec 04, 2013 at 6:00 AM 0
In today's Windows Wednesday post, Jim Galasyn highlights a new DirectX Game Project Template and its Getting Started Guide... Jim Galasyn's Learning Curve - DirectX game templates for Visual Studio are posted Are you creating a game for the Windows Store? If you’re looking for… -
Rainbows and brackets, with the new Visual Studio Extension, Viasfora. Your Text/*ML Editing Power-UpDec 02, 2013 at 6:00 AM 3
I think we're going to on this Visual Studio Monday thing, extensions, frameworks, etc as long as the cool projects keep coming... Maybe these kinds of projects are not as fun as world conquering quad-copter LEGO robots (but then again, was is?), but in the end these projects are even more important… -
Location Clock with help from MyGeotabNov 29, 2013 at 6:00 AM 0
Today's Hardware Friday project Pieter Venter is one that I thought kind of neat. It uses a commercial GPS tracking device and their REST API to create a "location clock". Unfortunately there's no code, but I still dig the idea behind it. Making Machines TalkWhat if we had an appliance in… -
Ready. Set. Launch! VS 2013 Launch Example Projects Now AvailableNov 27, 2013 at 6:00 AM 2
Did you catch the Visual Studio 2013 Launch? (If you missed, it you can see it here, Visual Studio 2013 Launch). Did you see all the cool projects used in the demos? The facial recognition, Visitors, Staff, Travel apps? Wish you could get the source for those projects? Wish no more... MyCompany demo… -
Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm? Bot World!Nov 25, 2013 at 6:00 AM 2
Today's project is one of those kinds that I can't seem to get enough off, a bot/AI/Life kind of project. The thought of creating something that simulates life, no matter how simple, draws me in and seems to eat more hours of my life than I'm really able to admit... Maybe the world is beyond our… -
Saying "Hi!" to developing with HID in Windows 8.1Nov 22, 2013 at 6:00 AM 0
Today's Hardware Friday projects take us back to the HID world that's opened up in Windows 8.1. The first project by Bruno Capuano (aka El Bruno), shows how quickly you can take advantage of, and how easy it is, HID... [#HDI] HowTo: List #HID devices connected in Windows 8.1[Machine translated]… -
Humanizer helps turn "geeky strings, type names, enum fields, date, timespan values into a human…Nov 20, 2013 at 6:00 AM 1
Today's project is one of those libraries that you might not know you need until you see it. Or it has parts you've invented yourself, but only so far as you needed them to solve a specific problem. When you see Mehdi Khalili's project you'll see what I mean... Humanizer hit V1Humanizer is a small… -
A new v1 power tool for your Windows Phone Image tasks, the Nokia Imaging SDK 1.0Nov 18, 2013 at 6:00 AM 0
In July we highlighted the the beta of the Nokia Imagine SDK, Imaging images with the Nokia Imaging SDK. This past week the v1 SDK was released, which makes this is a good time to take another look at it... Nokia Imaging SDK 1.0: Power tools for Windows Phone developersToday [November 13th, 2013] at…
