125 FPS hand tracking PlayStation Eye


Me ( onQ ) doing hand tracking using the Playstation Eye @ 125FPS the frames dropped because I was recording the hand tracking, the video was made to prove to someone that the PS-Eye can tack at 120 FPS


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The Mouse Glove


Computer mice are so 1995... Time to step it up and WEAR it! After watching Minority report 5 times in a row I decided it would be cool to feel like my hand is REALLY controlling the computer. This is when the mouse glove popped into my head. Now this is just an early prototype, but today I will show you how to put on a simple glove and have hours of fun touching various surfaces with your hands whilst still controlling your computer. Check out bustedtees: bustedtees.com use code SCITUES for 10% off! Like this song? Here is the artist's page: www.reverbnation.com


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PIR Sensor Tracking My Hand


This was a test with a PIR sensor found in an old security system. It is mounted on a servo. The sensor is read by an ATmega644 and then it moves the servo accordingly. There are still some problems that I need to figure out for it to work great. The signal from the sensor drifts slightly. Enjoy!


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DIY Track Saw (comparable to Festool and Dewalt)


I made a track saw for $120 this includes the saw


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Misterduncan - DIY - Fixing Up a Curtain Track


Misterduncan is putting up a curtain track and you are welcome to see if he does it right !


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DIY plotter dot peen indent text engraving marking


DIY plotter dot peen indent text engraving dotpeen product marking visual basic for dos source code for a dot peen text to stepper motion dot peen indent engraver product marking machine This is done on a homemade xy table with old dot matrix printer stepper motors and toothed Belts from the dot matrix printers some chrome plated steel shafts and nylon bushings and a www.conrad.de smc800 stepper motor control card on pc parallel printer port the dot peen indent marker is a normal hand tool switchted by a solid state relais the material is stainles steel RVS 304 or 316 pitty there is no sound can tell it makes a hell of a noise speed is as you see it webcam camera is to slow to follow it the needle is not making scratch marks but is hammering at 50HZ sow if moving realy fast a line of loose dots if moving slow a deeper line of connecting dots the hammering/vibrating needle tool is a standard electric hand engraver Vibrating tool (50/60Hz) dot peening www.overtoom.nl Record Power Ltd Sheffield England 10 watt 69 to 81 Eur o Another Vibrating tool Brennenstuhl SignoGraph www.brennenstuhl.de 25Watt 29 to 65 Eur later i bought a dremel vibrating handtool i think priced 30 euro dot peen; direct part marking; scribe; cnc; marking machine; steel stamping; telesis; technifor; richter; sic; schmidt; monode; pinstamp; pin stamp; laser; Roll press; 2D; barcode; UID; datamatrix; cognex; production video jet; mathews; Dapra; Pryor; tag Dod; engraving; CMT; Columbia Marking; HobbyBob <b>...</b>


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HOW TO MAKE A TRACK DOLLY ~ LOW-BUDGET FILMMAKING (UK)


music4yourvids.co.uk There didn't seem to be much help on this subject on YouTube, so I decided to make a "How-to" video. I just Googled "how to make a track dolly", and some of the sites I originally used to make my track dolly no longer appear to be there. However, Googling "track dolly skateboard wheels" turned up lots of useful sites that should help you. DETAILS AND PARTS LIST Total cost of the dolly was about £80. Total Dolly size = 2ft wide x 3ft long. Type of pipe used for track = 32mm PVC waste pipe. Angle alluminium width = 2in x 2in at 3mm thick. (2 x 3ft lengths) Carriage bolts: 6 x 4in (to hold the angle aluminium to the board). Carriage bolts: 16 x 2in (to bolt the wheels to the angle aluminium) MAIN BOARD: 2 X sheets of 2ft X 3ft 7-PLY sheets screwed together with 30mm self-tapping screws. Skateboard wheel spacers x 16 skateboard wheels x 16. Dia: 50mm (52mm are also ok) Bearing assemblies x 32 NOTE: Angle aluminium is a lot easier to work with than angle iron - which is very heavy and hard to drill & cut. It also goes rusty and is generally not much fun to handle. WHEEL POSITIONING TIPS: The hole positions will be different depending on the size of your wheels and the size of your angle aluminium. Best thing is to drill a pair of test holes for 1 pair of wheels in the approximate place where you think they should go. Fit the wheels and test them to see whether they sit on the track in the desired position or whether the holes need moving closer or further <b>...</b>


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Finger Mouse


tarandeep.googlepages.com An application to track index finger and control mouse pointer. Clicks are recognized by a thumb gesture I did the finger mouse project using openCV on windows. The code was compiled using MS visual C++. If you want to do it on linux, the only thing that you will need to change is how to pass mouse click events to the OS. In windows (using visual C++) that was easy. The core system depended on openCV's CAMSHIFT algorithm. If you download openCV, it has a camshift example in examples/camshift.c You can run it and get a lot of insights from it. Using CAMSHIFT you can track a particular color in a video sequence (or video stream coming from webcam). However, in this case, you want to track your hand. Hand tracking is not a solved problem (in the sense that the solutions work only in constrained environment). I made the following assumptions- 1) The only skin color present in the frame is my hand 2) The background is very different from my skin color. I will suggest, you start with this constrained environment and later you can work to remove these constraints. So to track hand, all I needed was to track the skin color in the frame. Now skin color varies with person to person, also with different lighting, the recorded skin color varies. Again you can feel that tracking skin color is not a fully solved problem. To track skin color, there are a lot of possiblities- 1) You can collect samples of lot of skin colors under various lighting conditions and <b>...</b>


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DIY Table Top Dolly Filmed on a Canon 60D


I needed to make a small table top dolly as a way of doing some slide shots without the use of my full size slider. I wanted to be able to do slider like shots on an up coming trip but knew I couldn't take my slider along for the trip so I thought build a small table top dolly and then simply buy a flat board once I arrive on location. I needed to keep the design very light so I used a piece of plastic I had from an older stabilizer I had on hand. I also scavenged a set of roller blade wheels from a pair of skates I had here from the kids that had little wear. I then did what I do very often, go to my local hardware store with a rough idea in mind. I always find it funny because inevitably someone will ask if they can help me find something and of course I actually have no idea what I am looking for. I get inspired from looking at the bins of parts and fasteners. I then start to design in my head and modify that design as I find or in most cases don't find various pieces. In the end I found a hand full of bits and pieces that allowed me to fashion this little table top dolly for about 25 bucks. That doesn't include the camera mount of course. As you will see in the video the dolly can go in a straight line or be set to turn radius around an object or scene.


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Interactive Puppet Prototype with hacked Kinect


"A quick installation prototype Emily and I hooked up with the libfreenect Kinect drivers and ofxKinect. The system is doing skeleton tracking on the arm and determining where the shoulder, elbow, and wrist is, using it to control the movement and posture of the giant funky bird! Speed project - made in a day using openFrameworks and libFreenect. Concept and Production by Design I/O Emily Gobeille - Theo Watson design-io.com 3D depth camera for arm tracking, courtesy of Microsoft and the open source / diy community :) If you're interested in making projects with the Kinect and openFrameworks check out the addon as it progresses on the OF forums. openframeworks.cc/​forum/​viewtopic.php?p=24948#p24948 Also keep an eye on the libfreenect GitHub for latest updates to the driver - github.com/​OpenKinect/​libfreenect/​" Original video: vimeo.com


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Securatrak GO5 GPS Vehicle Tracking


Geotab GO5 Compact Big on Features | Low Cost Vehicle Tracking | DIY Installation The all new GO5 Compact Vehicle tracking device provides same manufacturing quality and reliability that you have come to expect from our premium, feature rich GO4 IVMS platform. If you do not need to record specific Driver Identification information then this is the ideal solution for your fleet of vehicles. GO5 is a small yet extremely powerful telematics measurement tool. GO5 offers state of the art GPS technology, engine and battery health assessments, all in a gps vehicle tracking hardware device that fits in the palm of your hand. Using Geotab's patented tracking algorithm, the GO5 accurately recreates the vehicles trips and analyses incidents. Like all Geotab GO products, the GO5 offers the in vehicle alerts to notify drivers instantly of infractions, such as speeding and harsh braking events.. The GO5 is true plug and play technology, it requires no external antennas and no hard-wire installation, when using your vehicle's standard ODBII connection


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Replacing a Rack & Pinion Type Inner Tie Rod DIY


Thanks for watching! Rate & comment on this video, then check out my channel & SUBSCRIBE for more DIY auto repair videos. This is a video showing how to replace an inner tie rod on a rack and pinion equipped vehicle. This on is a 1997 Ford Explorer 2 wheel drive. I made a brief reference to a zip tie on the video & didn't explain myself. I used a zip tie in place of the inner bellows boot clamp on the rack.


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DIY Penlight Mouse Controller - Interactive Webcam Inferface


How To Make A Penlight-based Mouse Controller for Your Notebook / PC This video shows you how to create a pocket touchlight(penlight) based wand-like or "Wii-controller-like" mouse controller device for a notebook computer with a built-in webcam, using only the penlight and a piece of film negative. We are able to use the device to control most normal WinXP applications and to play some simple games. This is demo video#2 for the "Interactive Computer Interface using Webcam" project by our Audio-Visual Project lab, Elect. Eng. Div, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. More info on projects-justforfun.blogspot.com


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Hand detection and tracking (2D)


Detection and tracking of a hand using Gaussian-Mixture-Models. Computation is done using the GPU.


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Webcam Based Laser Tracking for Human-Computer Interaction


I'm using a laser pointer to move the mouse cursor on a computer. The software works by finding the brightest pixel in its field of view using a webcam. The webcam is also used for turning the projected area of a projector into an interactive screen. For more information, visit msdn.microsoft.com or ashishrd.blogspot.com


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Sky-Watcher Multi-Function Mount


A revolutionary new single arm alt-azimuth mount performs several functions due to its unique encoder and DC servo motor with software control design. The Sky-Watcher multi-function mount can be used for astronomical electronic direction movement and tracking. Or use it terrestrially with its cruising function for imaging or recording of stored positions. Amateur astronomers can use their optical tube assembly with this mount to automatically track astronomical objects and slew at a fast rate for directional movement. The included hand control unit makes it easy and fun. The Sky-Watcher Multi-function Mount is a sophisticated yet simple to use instrument that may surprise you for its versatility. Optional GO-TO Capability The Sky-Watcher Auto-Tracking telescopes are also available with the computerized Go-To functions. With the revolutionary SynScan Computer Controller, astronomical object locating has never been easier or more fun. The telescope responds instantly to keypad commands at the touch of a fingertip. For more details, please go to following address www.skywatchertelescope.net www.skywatchertelescope.net Copyright Suzhou Synta Optical Technology Co., LTD. All rights reserved.


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How to install carpet SAVE MONEY $ Do it yourself


Install carpet yourself how to video...tack tracking, underpad install and installing carpet foldin and stretch with kicker! And if you like Boobs and don't wanna install the carpet check this out! www.youtube.com


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Sun Tracker Working


We built this little prototype as part of an embedded systems class I was taking Fall of 2008. The green pcb board mounted on the plastic "table" was harvested from an old optical mouse. We cut the SPI bus traces to the optical sensor and interfaced the chip with our own PCB (shown attached to the plywood). The software for the system is running on an ACore86 micro-controller shown attached to the green lab project board next to our home-made PCB. We realize that this chip is overkill for this application but it was what we had available and hey, it allowed for some fairly peppy performance on the part of the tracker. In practice one would probably use a much slower, and much more affordable microprocessor, (ie a PIC?). This clip shows the Sun Tracker operational and tracking a hand held flashlight.


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Head Tracking for Desktop VR Displays using the WiiRemote


Using the infrared camera in the Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar (two IR LEDs), you can accurately track the location of your head and render view dependent images on the screen. This effectively transforms your display into a portal to a virtual environment. The display properly reacts to head and body movement as if it were a real window creating a realistic illusion of depth and space. By Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. For more information and software visit johnnylee.net


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Tracking fingers with the Wii Remote


Using an IR led array and some reflective tape, you can track fingers in thin air using the Wii Remote by Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. The grid software is a custom program written using a C# wiimote library and DirectX. More information about the grid software can be found at www.cs.cmu.edu


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Camera Dolly for Cheap : BFX


Shooting hand held is great, but sometimes you need the smooth motion of a camera dolly. We've made a dolly in the past, but this week we are making one with a track! Plus an original Steve Nelson Test Film! The last song in the test film is by Mike Bruno, check out his music here: www.myspace.com


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Time and Attendance Track Employees in Accpac


Track Employees, Accpac, Payroll, Time and Attendance Tracking, Buddy Punching, Biometrics, hand scanning, Sage Software, Manusonic, Adrian Montgomery, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Texas, Human Resources


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Zoom H4n Is A Studio In The Palm Of Your Hand, But Weighs Much Less Than An Actual Studio


Ever the multi-tasker, Owen O'Malley holed up in the Gearwire studio recently and laid down a sweet track on the new Zoom H4n. Featuring more inputs and more control, this new handy recorder is handier than ever. Before you know it, Zoom's gonna figure out how to cram Albini into a handheld unit. . . . stilts 'n all! See more on Gearwire.com.


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DIY WordPress Creator To Build A Wordpress Website


www.diywordpresscreator.com The DIY WordPress Creator is a 6 module program with over 6 hours of training that teaches you how to build your own clean, professional, fully search engine optimized WordPress website. This program covers marketing, tech, analytics, hosting, design and site structure in easy to understand step by step instructions. Module Breakdown - Module 1 - Project Preparation Every project runs smoother if you know the "lay of the land" before hand. This is what Module 1 is all about. We talk about how the web really works and then jump into action by creating the accounts you will need for the rest of process. Module 2 - WordPress Themes: Wordpress themes are a collection of graphics, templates and styles designed to give your WordPress website a clean and professional look. In this module we talk about themes: what are they, what makes a good one, how to select and install the right one for YOUR business. Module 3 - WordPress Plugins: Without extended functionality, a website is just an online brochure. It isn't 1998 and that just won't cut it. In this module we will supercharge your website with plugins. We discuss what to look for in a good plugin, and show you how to install and configure a few of our favorites. Module 4 - Analytics: A successful online presence is all about tracking, because if you aren't measuring how your site is performing how can you know how well your online campaigns are working? This module goes over installation and <b>...</b>


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The Smallest GPS Logger Available To Track Teens And Spouses With No Monthly Contracts!


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Google Map GPS Cell Phone Tracker


Find your lost Android cell phone at www.mycelltracker.com and if you are a developer go to http for more tutorials


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Wiimote tracking 6-DOF GLOVE


Navigation of a 3d scene with a glove tracked. You can select a bottle when it is touched and your hand is closed. After you can fill the glass over the table. The scene played by two projectors create a 3d effetc using polarized glasses.


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Comet Elenin Report 20110626 byNibiru Tracker 2012 "C/2010 X1 is just a COMET!!"


You want to hear it from me yourself? chat.paltalk.com Good morning all. First I want to thank YT user/TheBuzzdev for helping me with my images. He has been an asset to our team of two. This is my thoughts for today about Comet Elenin C/2010 X1. I made my own room for Comet Elenin Astronomer Research on PalTalk (search it; it's there) I reexamined my ability to walk the fence on the issue. There is no going back now. If you know something about me, then you should know I do not debunk or debate people on their views about what they are doing in these very stressful times. I respect anyone with a goal. It was said that a man without a goal has no chance for living a happy life. You will find me sharing news on my facebook profile: www.facebook.com You'll find so much information about me there when you add it to what's here. So find me here or there but if you want to talk about this; just find me so I can help. That's me. That's the way I would like things to be. Now on with the show! This is a comet 4-18km in diameter with a small, diffuse tail. The orbital path has been predetermined by NASA and JPL and The Minor Planet observatory. On 9/11/2011 it crosses the ecliptic plane. On September 26th it is directly in between us and the Sun at about 22-44 million miles away. This distance will limit the threat of bright meteorite type light shows at night during this time. The threat of magnetic anomalies is extremely low with this object. Remember; it's ice and dust, not an <b>...</b>


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Adobe After Effects 101 - Motion Tracking a Troll


In this video I teach basic motion tracking in Adobe After Effects CS4. I used a nice HD camera to record the dot on my wall and put a troll on it. PS Your welcome patchz :3 Follow me on twitter : www.twitter.com


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Finger Tracking - Video 3


Small Demonstration of the 2-axis software. The hand is colored in red to show that it has been recognized. I present a few steps of the "training" program. The "test" with the 3 colored buttons is to click the buttons in the order: Red, Green, Blue, Red. The test below that is impossible to do with current accuracy (I will have to go webcam shopping again, find some cameras with better image quality) but is basically just to do a double click. The page with the square to push around is just that. A square to push around. You can see that the camera for the horizontal movement (the one hanging from the roof) is very, VERY cheap and has heavy problems with noise and image quality, thus the jumping around. But the vertical camera is quite good actually and you can see that "up-down-movement" is very smooth and quickly responsive. As expected, the quality of the "service" the program provides is heavily dependent on the quality of your webcam. I also had the "click zone" set too high and was often confused why it wouldn't click because I already was "clicking". Song: Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower


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How to clean a VCR


Does the picture seem fuzzy when watching a movie on the VCR? (Yes, people still use VCR's) Does the VCR Head Cleaner cassette not helping? Here are some steps to clean the VCR w/o using the head cleaner tape....


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How to Build Your Own Solar Power System and Eliminate Your Electric Bills


www.EnergyBrainiac.com - How to Build Your Own Solar Power System and Eliminate Your Electric Bills If you want to build your own solar power system but do not know where or how to start, you need to have someone or something to guide you along. Although there are lots of books written on DIY system to generate electricity from solar energy, not many actually brings you through the detailed steps to building one on your own. What the majority of guides do is give people tons of general information with no specific steps to get you started. Therefore, it is important that you go for a guide that is so simple to follow even for a DIY novice. Here we look at the topics that should be covered to enable you to build your own solar power system. Essential topics you need to build your own solar power system 1. Overview of how the solar energy system works. This will include different components that are used in the system as well as their functions. 2. Sourcing of components. Before you even start to think about how to build your own solar power system, the components required for the project has to be ready. A good guide will provide useful information on how one can obtain the parts easily at the lowest costs. In fact, I know of a guide that gives you tips of getting the necessary hardware for less than $200. Read on to find out more. 3. Step-by-step instructions of how to build your own solar power system. Those of you who have done electrical DIY projects before should know <b>...</b>


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Sound Lab Analog Synthesizer 1


Buy this REAL Analog synth hand built by me for only $349 plus shipping. I was previously known as Planet Synth now I am Lamay Music. A few things and some with the SoundLab. Built with MFOS PCBs. This is built into a Polycase ABS case. Runs off an AC adapter (included). Im very impressed with the tracking of these Synths when Tuned correctly. Mostly all 1% resistors used throughout. Nice smooth 24mm Alpha pots Give a great feel to the knob action.


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Demo of hand gesture control of PC


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4 Practical Solar heliostats (time-lapse video)


This time-lapse video shows 4 Practical Solar heliostats (www.practicalsolar.com) reflecting sunlight through the north-facing windows of a home. The movement you see in the reflected sun spots is due to the small adjustment each heliostat makes every 30 seconds or so, to compensate for the movement of the sun. Each heliostat reflects the same amount of visible light as forty 100-watt light bulbs, in addition to 600 watts of thermal energy (heat), so 2 heliostats can replace an electric space heater on high. As the sun moves east to west through the sky, the heliostat adjusts the angle of its mirror frame to keep the sunlight on the fixed target the user chooses. The video is sped up 400X to show the movement of the sun and heliostats throughout the day. Practical Solar's heliostat system is the only computer-controlled, hand-installable heliostat system in the world. The heliostat is controlled by the user's computer and can have any number of targets, which it can switch between automatically with a timer built into the software. This allows a heliostat to perform different tasks at different times of day. Please visit www.practicalsolar.com for more information.


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Practical Solar heliostat (time-lapse video)


This time-lapse video shows a Practical Solar heliostat (www.practicalsolar.com) reflecting sunlight through a window for natural lighting. As the sun moves east to west through the sky, the heliostat adjusts the angle of its mirror frame to keep the sunlight on a fixed target, chosen by the user. The video is sped up 1800X to show the movement of the heliostat. A single Practical Solar heliostat reflects the same amount of visible light as forty 100-watt light bulbs, in addition to 600 watts of thermal energy (heat). Therefore, 2 heliostats can deliver the same amount of heat as an electric space heater on high. Practical Solar's heliostat system is the only commercial small-scale heliostat system available in the United States, and it is the first heliostat system in the world that is computer-controlled and hand-installable. The heliostat is controlled by the user's computer and can have any number of targets, which it can switch between automatically with a timer built into the software. This allows a heliostat to perform different tasks at different times of day. Please visit www.practicalsolar.com for more information.


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