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Indian Engineers integrate Kinect to create a Haptic Belt for Visually Impaired
Kinect-powered hacks are not new but this Kinect hack developed by a team of Indian engineers is pretty unique and helpful to the visually impaired. Dubbed as viSparsh, it’s a haptic belt that detects obstacles and vibrates so as to signify oncoming obstacles to the visually impaired. Basically, the Kinect sensor attached to the [...]
Mac OS X netbook compatibility chart
Still wondering whether a hacked Mac OS X version will work flawlessly on your netbook or not? Well, Boing Boing Gadgets has got a nifty chart up on their blog showing what function works with which netbook. The outcome is that if you own an MSI Wind or Dell Mini 9 netbook, then you’re [...]