Category Archives for Thinking
Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
5 Kinect Telepresence
Four Kinects capture a 3d image of you. The viewer’s eyes are watched by another Kinect. Video: -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Ponoko’s Fabrication Library
Each product type has an ‘app’ (chairs, boats, whatever). These are created by professional designer (read: CAD gods). Open it up, customize anything you want to, and then buy. Sample apps. This could be big. A store for all things. … Continue reading
DemonEye
Essentially, a targeting widget – the device incorporates a laser rangefinder, digital compass, GPS and mini computer to calculate target locations rapidly and accurately. Using commercial off-the-shelf components, the DemonEye prototype cost $1,000. Cool part? Hacked together by West Pointers … Continue reading
Pix4D
Submit “raw images and their approximate GPS geo tags as provided by” your UAV to their cloud service, and they’ll return an elevation model, KML, and image (full version is BIG): -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Physical Keygen
A dude with a free, text-based 3d modeling software library, a RepRap, and some locks has put together the basics for a physical keygen. Basically, you can download the 3d models, and then brute force your way to entry. The … Continue reading

