Transform your Wii Remote into a digital whiteboard, a multi-touch screen and more…

 

Here’s a cool video showing how inventor Johnny Chung Lee transforms the Nintendo Wii Remote - a $40 game accessory into a digital whiteboard, a multi-touch screen and a head mounted virtual reality gear. Johnny is a PhD Graduate student at the Human Computer Interaction Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University and his project was recently featured on TED.

I needn’t say more… the video speaks for itself. There’s just one word for it - breathtaking.

The software required to make this hack work can be freely downloaded from Johnny’s Projects homepage. And while I was digging up more information on Johnny Lee, I came across one more of his innovations… a foldable interactive display. Here you go…


befunky: Cartoonize your favourite pictures in a jiffy

 

Here’s the latest addition to the Web 2.0 bandwagon - befunky - a quick & dirty way to cartoonize your favourite snaps in a jiffy.
The site sports a simple flash interface that allows you to upload your snaps (either from your Desktop or by direct capture through a …

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Spot the double images! A video compilation of some cool optical illusions

 

Here’s a video compilation of some of the coolest optical illusions. Can you spot the double images in each slide?

Best Optical Illusions - video powered by Metacafe

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PrepLogic: Your guardian angel for software / programming certification courses

 

PrepLogic is an online certification training site that delivers a solid combination of quality and convenience at the most reasonable rates. Be it CompTIA, Microsoft, Oracle or Cisco certification training - PrepLogic offers a full range of products that can see you sail through the CBTs (Computer Based Tests) with utmost ease.
The training is disbursed through audio, video and text …

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Top 31 free alternatives to YouTube (video hosting sites)

 

Here’s a short list of free video hosting sites that you can use to display your streaming video content - apart from YouTube, that is. Most of these provide code for individual videos to enable you to embed them in your site directly. I’ll try and include a …

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