Any Web Cam, Any Game, 3D accurate trackin!

Cam-Trax is "coolest thing since ice," can provide Wii-like controls with any webcam - Engadget

Posts from Mac 101

Mac 101 at TUAW

Lots of great stuff here. Probably lots you already know, but there is bound to be sumfin' new for ya.

Give an Old TV a Rerun

Popular Science:

"turn it into a monitor for an iPod video, a security-camera feed or an external display for a PC"

Twitter: Future Outlook

As you all know I tried twittering a conference. Point blank I didn't like it. Maybe because I felt like I was reporting rather than sharing. I was sending out a barrage of information and it felt intrusive. Key points only next time. If there is a next time. Hmmm…

Businessweek one of my favorite technology sources has this interesting article and the projected growth of twittering.

Why Twitter Matters

From Atari Joyboard to Wii Fit: 25 years of "exergaming" - Boing Boing Gadgets

Boing Boing Gadgets

Pixel Bender Toolkit - Adobe Labs

Pixel Bender Toolkit - Adobe Labs:

This Pixel Bender Toolkit Preview Release 3 includes a high-performance graphics programming language that Adobe is developing for image processing, named Pixel Bender (previously codenamed Hydra), and an application to create, compile and preview Pixel Bender filters and effects. The toolkit contains a specification for the Pixel Bender language, several sample filters, and sample images provided by Pixel Bender team members.

This is the same thing that ships w/ AfterEffects! The new Flash will be able to leverage it so ,we can create custom filters, f/x, and blends.

Here is a tutorial to get started with. I know what I am doing over lunch!

Flash Player 10

Adobe Labs - Flash Player 10

Cool! The next gen of the player is here. It is just in Beta right now but the effects look pretty wicked (1980s!).

Flash Player 10 beta packs a slew of new developer-centric features, but the most visible change for users will be the speed boost, which comes from new hardware acceleration tools that can offload some rendering tasks to your graphics card rather than relying solely on the CPU. That means your favorite sites using Flash interfaces will be much snappier.