Computer Graphics
Preorder "The Blender Gamekit 2nd Edition"!
You can now pre-order The Blender Gamekit 2nd Edition! From the product page on Blender e-shop:
This fully revised and updated second edition has been written with Blender 2.48, and covers all...
Blender Party Nagoya Japan, Nov 29
The Japanese Blender community is planning a party on Saturday, November 29th.
Tony Mullen writes:
I wanted to let people know about an upcoming event in the Japan Blender community. On Saturday,...
Third edition of the Brazilian Blender Book Released
The Brazilian Blender book, Blender 3D Guia do Usuario was released again with a revised and expanded third edition. Now the book has 552 pages covering most of the basic aspects of Blender.
This...
AniSculp technique - using the sculpt tool for animation
Daniel MArtinez Lara (psl/pepeland) has just uploaded a couple of videos showing how to use Blender s sculpt tool for animation using blend shapes. The results look quite promising!
Daniel...
Robots
Direct Connect of a Wii Nunchuk to the NXT
Jens Friedrich has posted detailed steps on how to connect the Wii Nunchuk to your NXT. He uses a couple of resistors, a diode, a spliced NXT cable and the Lego Accelerometer Sensor from HiTechnic.
Here is a YouTube video of the Nunchuk in action...
And the full forum writeup is here: solved: direct connect Wii
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit WondersNew from No Starch Press
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT One-Kit Wonders New from No Starch Press: How to Build Innovative Robots with Just One NXT Kit
San Francisco, CA, November 12, 2008When the creative minds behind The NXT STEP blog co-authored The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book (No Starch Press) in the fall of 2007, they hoped to revolutionize the world of homebrew
More Building Instructions
Mindstorm Manifest has some building instructions for some custom models. Most of them are based on the RCX, but there are some that are strictly Technic.
One of my favorites is the Mclaren F1 car. Built to scale with a working gearbox, suspension, doors and a V12 engine!
There are some neat sub-models too. Like the
new pbLua version
Ralph has released a new pbLua version.
Changes in website:
The tutorials have all been reviewed for errors again
Improvements in the firmware:
1. BT and USB Consoles works better.
2. Added some more initialization to the motors and tuned the driver. Now the first regulated motor command works properly.
3. Added (experimentally) the Lua debug library. This allows
Connecting Wii Nunchuk over I2C to NXT
Our forums reader Jens Friedrich (a.k.a t.wolf) posted here how to connect the Wii Nunchuk directly to the NXT. The Nunchuk is an I2C device, with an analog stick and a 3-axis-accelerometer. This mod requires removal of some resistors from the device, and Jens gives detailed description and images of the process, as well as
All Terrain Robot from BostonDynamics
BostonDynamics has an all-terrain robot. Its not built from LEGO. But I think you could model some of it fairly easy from LEGO pieces.
This robot is called RHex. Its a six-legged walking robot. It navigates through all sorts of terrain, including mud, dirt, sand, rocks, grass, weeds... and it even swims.
Currently, RHex is remotely
Design
Exporting and Importing WordPress
In the last two chapters, I talked about Installing WordPress Locally and Building Custom WordPress Theme. This chapter will cover exporting your local WordPress to a web host. Assume you are done with the local WordPress development, it is time to learn how to export and import WordPress. Then you can keep the local version
40 Exquisite Independent Film Posters
An independent film, traditionally speaking, is generally referred to as a movie created entirely outside the traditional Hollywood system. It is usually the kind of production where the actors double up as camera men, friends and family provide the bankroll and the director's mom is in charge of craft services.
Over the last few years, however, the "indie" film has taken on a whole new face.
20 Twitter Status Design Tutorials, Icons WP Plugins
Twitter has their own method for displaying your Twitter status on your website but they rely on Twitter-hosted scripts and generally hold up the page load. That's why i would like to showcase some of the best tutorials and WordPress plugins that will display your twitter status on your blog or website. Also you will
Favicon Episode 8
Every now and again we showcase beautiful favicons tiny pieces of art youll usually find in your browsers address bar or when searching through your bookmarks. Favicons are important as they provide visual indicators to visitors and help them to easily associate the content with a bookmark in their browser.
Dellifeed: A Free Icon Set
Today we are glad to release Dellifeed Icon Set, a set with 8 tasty and appealing social icons in the format .png. This set was designed by Dellustrations.com especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
10 Advanced PHP Tips To Improve Your Programming
PHP programming has climbed rapidly since its humble beginnings in 1995. Since then, PHP has become the most popular programming language for Web applications. Many popular websites are powered by PHP, and an overwhelming majority of scripts and Web projects are built with the popular language.
General
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XBMC Atlantis released
Team-XBMC is proud to announce the cross-platform release of XBMC Media Center for Linux, Mac OS X (Leopard, Tiger, and Apple TV), Windows, and Xbox, code named 'Atlantis'.
We've reached the end of over 3 months of bug bashing, and have closed 425 tickets for this release and, while there are ...
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Python 3.0 rc3 released
Firelight Technologies release FMOD Ex for iPhone.
Audio middleware company Firelight Technologies today released its popular FMOD Music and Sound Effects System for the iPhone platform. FMOD Ex is a library and toolset that enables developers to take advantage of the latest audio technologies in their software titles.
ALT Software announces integration of DO-178B OpenGL graphics libraries and safety-critical RTOS, DeosTM
ALT Software announced today the technology integration of ALTs DO-178B OpenGL graphics libraries and the safety-critical RTOS, DeosTM (DDC-I Embedded Operating System). This technical product collaboration is fully certifiable to Level A, the highest FAA standard for flight critical software, and is proven in the market with combined deployed solutions.
StemCell Game Engine - Oil Platform Demo
A new StemCell Game Engine-powered demo is available for download. It emphasize on soft shadows and good illumination, physically driven player control, in-game extensible and configurable GUI, realtime physics and controllable physical machineries, in-game scene loading, multiple rendering viewports, immersive 3d sounds and a lot more.
Game Design Expo Unveils 2009 Lineup
Building upon the sold-out 2008 event, the third-annual Game Design Expo, hosted by Vancouver Film School (VFS), Canada's premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution, is shaping up to be even bigger and better.
Flash Tower Defense Creators Launch Casual Collective
World-renowned indie game developers Paul Preece and David Scott -- the creators of blockbuster Web game hits Desktop Tower Defense and Flash Element TD -- today announced the launch of Casual Collective, a free-to-play social gaming site featuring a range of new Web games created exclusively by Preece and Scott.
WinSnipes V1.02 released with OpenGL support!
WinSnipes is an updated re-make of the classic original game with a number of significant enhancements! The game is free to download, incredibly nostalgic for those who have been around long enough to have enjoyed the original, and best of all features an abstract application of OpenGL rendering by using it to accelerate a text-based game!
ATI Officially Release CatalystTM 8.11 Display Driver
This release of ATI CatalystTM enables users to verify whether an application is running in ATI CrossFireXTM mode. The new option found in the ATI CatalystTM Control Center system tray, will allow users to verify whether a Direct3D or OpenGL application is running in ATI CrossFireXTM mode.
CMS
Open editing is here to stay
Just over a month ago, we announced that we opened up editing rights to much of the handbooks for all users on Drupal.org. Our one month trial period is over and the Documentation team has decided that overall it has been a success.
Drupal 6 from Drupal 5 130 multisite installation and 'A Drupal Open House'
This is a sketch of our upgrade plans at the University of Prince Edward Island for the week of the 8th of December. It includes an invitation on the 10th of December to the Drupal community (here in Charlottetown PEI, Canada and abroad) to come in and see what we're about.
Marketing Webinar
Tangence Inc Presents Webinar On Strategies To Accelerate Your Marketing In 2009. The live webinar will discuss issues such as the latest marketing trends, prioritizing the marketing programs, and making the most out of your marketing strategies and plans. The webinar is scheduled to be on 21st November 2008.
To register for the live webinar log on to http://www.tangence.com/webinar-signup.html.
Drupal flying high on the cover of information week for Nov 17 2008
The cover of this weeks information week mag, has a drupal flying first on open source software. The article is about the benefits of open source in a down economy and all that stuff.
you can download the whole mag for free at: http://www.informationweek.com/
Drupal 6.x installers available from stackbuilder for PostgreSQL 8.3
Hi All,
In an effort to make the Drupal deployment easy with PostgreSQL we have created a stackbuilder installer for Drupal 6.4. This installer is available on Windows, Linux (32/64 bit) and Mac (Universal) platforms
The stackbuilder can be optionally launched once the installer finishes installing postgresql server.
Call for Papers: JBiSE (Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering)
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