"Linux device designers looking for faster boot/reset times should consider alternative BIOSes, suggests Peter Seebach in a technical introduction to open BIOSes published on IBM’s DeveloperWorks website. Among other benefits, open BIOSes can save the time wasted by proprietary BIOS legacy support for MS-DOS and other unnecessary functions, Seebach notes."

Submitted by stella - 2007-10-08 15:56:36
Channels - hackszine
Tags - tech linux open bios boot

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Touchlib is our library for creating multi-touch interaction surfaces. It handles tracking blobs of infrared light for you and sends your programs multitouch events, such as 'finger down', 'finger moved', and 'finger released'. It includes a configuration app and a few demos to get you started. It interaces with most major types of webcams and video capture devices. It currently works only under windows but efforts are being made to port it to other platforms.

Submitted by fthiery - 2007-07-03 12:55:30
Channels - natural interfaces
Tags - metaverse motion tracking source natural interfaces open

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OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions mainly aimed at real time computer vision.

Example applications of the OpenCV library are Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Object Identification, Segmentation and Recognition; Face Recognition; Gesture Recognition; Motion Tracking, Ego Motion, Motion Understanding; Structure From Motion (SFM); and Mobile Robotics.

Submitted by fthiery - 2007-07-03 12:58:32
Channels - metaverse
Tags - motion image tracking source open processing multitouch

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