Microsoft Research has released an application under the name of Project Tuva. It’s aimed to release inspiring scientific videos and content. They couldn’t choose any better than Richard Feynman to start with.
I get hooked to Richard Feynman not too long ago. But since I saw some of his videos, I can help but try to read and see all the material available. He has its own way to explain things, very approachable and fun. If I had too choose two adjectives to describe his talks I’d said inspiring and motivating.
And what about Project Tuva? Well, it looks really nice. They have built a cool interface using Silverlight. It has lots a useful features like captions, timelines, interactive content and a lot more.
Highly recommended. +1 to Microsoft for this!
By the way, it doesn’t seem to work with Firefox 3.5 (at least not for me), it hangs on Preparing content. No problems using Internet Explorer 8.
Microsoft has demoed a new device for their new XBox 360 that removes any need for controllers. This device is able to track all your body, it has built-in speech recognition and more. The demo video is just awesome. I especially like the kun-fu game. If it’s as accurate as it seems, it could be a real step forward how we play games.
I also think that even some hardcore gamers won’t like the device, this add-on will achieve its goal; which is no other that to attract all those people who don’t play games.
Since I started working from home I tried to avoid the temptation of purchasing a console. I know it’s a time-sucker. However, I keep adding reasons to finally go ahead. Let’s see…
It will precipitate the acquisition of a new TV. We’re still using an old (10 years) and heavy 32” Sony TV. It still looks superb which is a problem because I have no excuse to change it.
A console will provide high-definition content for the new TV.
Finally we’ll be able to see our photographs in the living room and not to force our family to stand up in front of my computer
I need some game training. I have an 8 month old baby who is growing fast. I don’t want to be beaten by my own son in a few years. (That’s the secret reason why I’m doing push-ups too)
I’ve shown this Project Natal to my wife and she really liked it.
I’ll keep adding good reasons in the months to come… Let’s see if I have enough by December
Still don’t grasp how come all the world financial system has collapsed? Well, I must admit I didn’t understand it until I saw this really cool video. Even if you’re not familiar with the financial jargon you’ll understand it:
Seriously. If you haven’t heard about the TED conference yet, stop reading right now and just jump to their site.
From their about page:
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
The talks have been recorded in video and they were released to the public only a few years ago . No matter which topic the talk is about, it’s always mind blowing. The talks are only 20 minutes or less, but in such a little time they are able to inspire you. If you have 20 minutes a day, I strongly recommend you to watch every single talk they have.
Microsoft has demoed a new device for their new XBox 360 that removes any need for controllers. This device is able to track all your body, it has built-in speech recognition and more. The 
Seriously. If you haven’t heard about the TED conference yet, stop reading right now and just jump to 
