Reinvent The Wheel

Round is nice, but we can do better!

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March 8, 2012
by Simon J Stuart
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“The PC will be dead by the end of the year”

You’ve probably read titles very-much like this one all over the Internet for the past 15-20 years. Indeed, it seems every year is the final year of the PC, so sayeth every technologically misinformed moron yet to be cut from … Continue reading

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September 8, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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TKinect for Delphi has Skeletal Tracking

I just wanted to show some developmental progress for TKinect version 2 (using the official Kinect SDK). TKinect version 2 makes it as easy as it can possibly be to track up to 6 individual people’s limbs in real-time. Obviously, … Continue reading

TKinect Controlled Hot Wheels Game

September 7, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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TKinect-controlled Hot Wheels Interactive Game

For those wishing to see just one practical use for TKinect and this new generation of User Interaction technology, my friends over in Brazil have taken TKinect for Delphi and used it to create something very special. Victory Fernandes has … Continue reading

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September 1, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
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RAD Studio XE2 now available, TKinect version 2 arriving soon

RAD Studio XE2 For those whom may not yet have heard, RAD Studio (Delphi, C++ Builder, Prism, RadPHP) XE2 is now available for new or upgrading customers! You should go either to the Embarcadero website, or your regional certified Embarcadero … Continue reading

February 6, 2011
by Simon J Stuart
121 Comments

Laptop Battery Calibration: The do’s and don’ts!

This article has been modified due to the numbers of annoying comments (largely unpublished due to stupidty and trolling). Since nobody can agree on the best calibration method for Li-ion batteries (and since people clearly couldn’t read properly to see … Continue reading