A FAT + openFrameworks speed project!

Auto Smiley – Computer vision smiley generator from Theo Watson on Vimeo.

Auto Smiley is a computer vision application that runs in the background while you work. The software analyzes your face while you are working and if it detects a smile it sends the the ascii smiley face letters “: )” as keyboard presses to the front most application. Auto Smiley has many uses from just straight up convenience to enforcing honesty in your online communication :)

UPDATE: Windows PC Version!! Courtesy of Joey!
Grab it here.

UPDATE: for non US/UK users try this version – should work on all keyboards! AutoSmiley.app.unikeyboard.zip

Download the mac app here ( for US / UK / NL keyboards ):
AutoSmiley-001-Mac.zip

Download the mac app for QWERTZ keyboards ( thanks Peter! ):
AutoSmiley-QWERTZ.zip

The project uses openFrameworks and MPT for the smile detection – you can grab the source code here: AutoSmiley-OF-0061.zip

Posted by Theo Watson on Mar 22.10 to lol, of, open source, opensource, speedproject   

For the March 2010 issue of Boards Magazine, Emily Gobeille and I worked with Nexus Productions to develop an interactive cover experience called Rise and Fall. The software uses the amazing opensource Ferns tracking library together and openFrameworks, an opensource creative coding library written in C++.

Here is a little preview of the experience.

Software and cover:
Download the software and the cover as a pdf to try it out for your self:
http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall

Source code:
Grab the source code here: http://boardsmag.com/RiseAndFall
Post questions about it on the openFrameworks forum.

Posted by Theo Watson on Mar 16.10 to c++, code, interactive, openframeworks, opensource, source   

It’s easy to find Beanbags (call +9126407382), Royal Enfields and Old Monk Rum in Bombay, but where do you find the parts to build an EyeWriter? Scroll down boss, scroll down.

A Part and Tool List for building a MumbaiWriter: a solder-less version of EyeWriter made from parts and tools found locally in Mumbai.

View MumbaiWriter in a larger map

And if you wanna see what the resolution looks like on the other side of the tracks, here is documentary filmmaker Mark Foster’s take on the EyeWriter parts hunt.

Stay tuned for an upcoming post with assembly instructions from the FAT Lab: Jugaad since 2007.

BIG Thanks to Mark Foster, Anurag Garg, Vikrum Sood, Sreekumar Puthanveetil, Amitabh Bhattacharya, P-13, Nomad Films, Andthen, I.I.T. Bombay, Hanif Kureshi, Wilson, Shaunak, Vikas and the rest of the MumbaiWriter family…

Posted by James Powderly on Mar 01.10 to ebelinggroup, eyewriter, fat, fffffat, freeartandtechnology, india, mumbai, mumbaiwriter, of, openframeworks, opensource, TEG, tempt1, theebelinggroup   

“That was the first time i’ve drawn anything since 2003! It feels like taking a breath after being held underwater for 5 minutes.”   –Tony Quan aka Tempt One

eyewriter.org is live!!

Tony Quan, aka Tempt1, is a legendary LA graffiti writer, publisher and activist. He was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a disease which has left him almost completely physically paralyzed… except for his eyes. Earlier this year, members of FAT, OpenFrameworks, G.R.L., The Ebeling Group and Tempt1, teamed up to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes. Check out the project along with source code, free software, diy instructables and eyetags by Tempt1 at eyewriter.org.

The EyeWriter core development team consists of Tony Quan, Evan Roth, Chris Sugrue, Zach Lieberman, Theo Watson and James Powderly.

With support from: The Ebeling Group, the Not Impossible Foundation and Parsons Communication Design & Technology.

Many thanks to: Keith Pasko, LM4K, Eleanor Dunk, Jamie Wilkinson, and Greg Leuch.

Posted by chris sugrue on Nov 14.09 to ebelinggroup, graffiti, grl, openframeworks, opensource, parsons, tempt1   

If you have suggestions for additional open source/hacker texts please leave them in the comments. Personal endorsements suggested. Links to full text required.

Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig

The Wealth of Networks, by Yochai Benkler

The Public Domain, by James Boyle

How To Become A Hacker, by Eric Raymond

The Cathedral and the Bazaar, by by Eric Raymond

Free Software Free Society, by Richard Stallman

powr.broccoli-kopimi, by Kopimi

So You Wanna Write On Walls, by Mark Surface

Posted by Evan Roth on Apr 15.09 to book, hacker, library, opensource, text   

Cost: $0

Source code: linked below

Grab it here (itunes link):
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=310458165

Or search for Fat Tag on the App Store

Original Post:
http://fffff.at/fattag-source/OF-006-iPhone-Fat-Tag.zip . If you want to compile and run the code on your device – read some of the guides posted here.

Posted by Theo Watson on Apr 09.09 to fattag, graffiti, grl, iphone, opensource   

Get it while it’s hot: Frumix 2008 (don’t shuffle, there’s an ordering here).

I’ve been working on this one for a while. Not because it’s so great, but because with my own convention of only including music that is new to me since the previous mix, it can be hard to get to a full 10 or 15 songs.

Don’t hate cuz Snoop snuck on or cuz KRS is even preachier in his old age; the Kanye track you’ve never heard before absurd Ghotsface flow-fest make it worth dropping before the year is out. Props to Evan and Bennet for the Knife and J. Valentine tracks that I never would have heard otherwise.

If that’s not enough, there’s also a new personal best of Redman mix (again, no shuffling).

If you’re a fan of FunkDoc then there’s not much new there. Otherwise, you’ve been sleeping, so wake up!

PS if you don’t already have them, grab Frumix 2003, 2004, and 2006 while you’re at it.

PPS Credit where it’s due: among the extremely useful and free software packages I used to make these mixes are: Audacity, MP3Tag, and Winamp.

PPPS UPDATE: Audacity/LAME actually wrote out the MP3 frame headers and length tag to be all messed up, so the first version of the new Frumix 2008 would have given you issues in most MP3 players. That’s been all fixed now using a fix I found on the web.

Posted by fruminator on Dec 29.08 to audio, download, frumin, hip hop, opensource, rap, redman, x-mix   

My 2008 X-Mix includes some comedy I found this year, amazing live tracks from Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the old soul and reggae I can’t seem to stop listening to, and more. Listen here.

Also, be sure to check out another great of 2008, OpenTape a free open source online music player.

Posted by Steve Lambert on Dec 26.08 to Add new tag, audio, hip hop, opensource, steve lambert, thefunny, x-mix   

You may have heard about Young Me Now Me, a fun Ze Frank thing. After discovering the painting of Georges Emile Lebacq below (thanks Patrick) and it’s remarkable likeness to my visage, we at FFFFF.at developed something with a little more dignity and class, it’s called: Impressionist Me, Now Me.

Get out that new digital camera you just unwrapped, do some hunting online and get into it.

Here’s the rules:

1. Search commons.wikimedia.org or other sites for a historical painting, drawing, or early photograph that looks like you. (It’s easier than you think) It doesn’t have to be an impressionist painting, that’s just what we started with.

2. Create a photo of you today where you recreate the pose and scene as best you can. Try to dress the same.

3. Put the two images side by side and upload it into the comments!

Here’s some to get us started:

Georges Emile Lebacq and Steve Lambert

Becky Stern

Van G and Jamie W

Michele Meets Dora Wheeler

Van Gogh and Evan Roth

Nate Graham chills with Diego Rivera

Claire Jervert and unkown

Posted by Steve Lambert on Dec 22.08 to art, impressionist, opensource, photos, Projects, response, steve lambert, ze frank   

Awesome Laser Tag mod put together by the students of Professor Shigeru Kobayashi from the IAMAS university in Japan.

Professor Shigeru ( inventor of the awesome Gainer hardware system and the Funnel hardware protocol ) took part in the openFrameworks workshop Zach and I gave in YCAM this fall. In the workshop he hacked Laser Tag to allow brush and color controls from one of his wireless hardware units. Looks like his students took it one step further.

Posted by Theo Watson on Dec 17.08 to lasetag, opensource