Fun With MindFlex

For this valentines day, my wife got me a MindFlex from Mattel. I have been wanting one of these since they have been on the market. It is a really interesting game where you control a foam ball with your mind. The ball will rise with the more focused you are. Letting your mind wonder and as Morphius likes to say “free your mind”, the ball will lower.

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Android on IRC

I recently gave a lecture on DDoS in my Network OS class. I demonstrated a simple bot on the computers in the class. I also demonstrated how portable devices are capable of running bots as well.

I used Android Scripting Environment (ASE) for the demo. The commands I gave it where text, call, speak aloud, and vibrate. The only draw back ASE has is no real GUI support. I can’t wait for the day when OpenGL ES is ported to python. Anyway, ASE allows access to almost all of the phones featurtes. Here is a link to the API ref: http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/wiki/ApiReference

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Python Webcam IR Tracking

Python WebCam IR Tracking

This is a tutorial on how to turn your webcam into an infrared tracking device using Python and a simple webcam hack. We will map the IR data to the mouse. This is much like connecting a Wiimote to your computer (via bluetooth) and using PyGlove to emulate the mouse. Except, we’re using python and cutting the $40 Wiimote out of the equation.

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