An installation prototype Emily Gobeille and  Theo Watson put together with the libfreenect Kinect drivers and ofxKinect.  The system is doing skeleton tracking on the arm and determining where the shoulder, elbow, and wrist is, using it to control the movement and posture of the giant funky bird!  Imagine all of the creative applications in entertainment and education.   Amazing  work Theo and Emily,  please pitch the concept to games makers.  If Jim Henson’s Muppets become available in a game, I’ll be the first one to buy it.

Speed project – made in a day using openFrameworks and libFreenect.
Concept and Production by design-io.com

We’ve made the announcement, and by now many of you already know that we launched our YouTube page last week.  It is our desire to provide more content and to cover topics that interest our readers in the format that appeals to them the most.  That is why we have established a presence here on our website (www.DViceNews.com) on Facebook (www.Facebook.com/DViceNews), on Twitter (www.Twitter.com/DViceNews) and finally, on YouTube (www.YouTube.com/DViceNews).

Japan based Yoruzu have created an Audio Kit that turns just about anything into a speaker.  It comes with an included branded  paper milk carton ”speaker”.  To make it work, you just attach the vibrating extension with the included adhesive sheets, turn on your audio source and abracadabra, you have a very unique and cool audio speaker.  This is the perfect portable audio solution for when you need it.  Cardboard boxes, whiteboards, tables

Yorozu Audio kit features:

• · Size: W57xH57xD20mm
• · Weight: 26g.
• · Color: White
• · Standard output: 1W
• · Maximum output: 2W

Borders has launched its E-Bookstore as of July 7th and has some very aggressive plans to take a chunk of the digital book market within the next year.  At launch, they announced their plans to grab 17% of the e-book market by this time next year.

Do we have any pilots out there?  How about regular folks that would love to experience what it’s like to fly an aircraft on their own?  Well, your opportunity might not be too far off, and this experience is going to blow your mind.

Parrot, a global wireless device manufacturer, creates products that work with your cell phones.  Their most recent creation integrates with your phone in a way that you might not believe.   They have created a quadricopter that you can operate and control through an app on your iPhone.

At about noon CST, Apple released the iOS 4 upgrade for iPhone 3G, 3Gs and iPod 2nd and 3rd generation owners.  In order to obtain the new OS, you need to plug in your phone to iTunes 9.2, click on the name of your phone in the left side panel, and then click the upgrade button under the Version heading on that main screen.

After that you can track your progress on the downloads area of the Store section on the left hand side of your iTunes application.

Apple released the latest update to their iTunes software, version 9.2 on Wednesday. Generally, we wouldn’t take the time to write about a software update, but this update is a little bit special. iTunes 9.2 is the update that will allow iTunes to sync with the new iOS 4, scheduled to release next week on Monday the 21st of June.

iOS 4 is the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad operating system that will allow iPhone 3Gs and iPhone 4 users to use multitasking, folders, better mail integration, iBooks, and many other features.  Apple made their iPhone OS 4.0 announcement back in April and then renamed the OS to iOS 4, to allow for the fact that it doesn’t only run on the iPhone, a couple of weeks ago.

In case you aren’t familiar, Hulu is a pretty popular source for television shows online.  They make the most recent five episodes of a TV show available to view within a day or two after the original network broadcast.  Their service is currently free, but it is limited to just the five most recent episodes of a show.

Hulu is looking to test out the subscription service market, as early as May of this year, by offering the back catalogue of shows, that’s all available shows beyond the most recent five, for $10 per month.