Mitchell McKenna - tagged with hack http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Real time lightsaber on the Kinect on PC http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8693/real-time-lightsaber-on-the-kinect-on-pc

Proof of concept of tracking and rendering a lightsaber in real time using a Kinect hooked up to a PC. Imagine the possibilities.

Best viewed in fullscreen 480p. I track a wooden stick and I overlay the light glow on the computer. Drivers using OpenKinect, image processing, tracking, and rendering using OpenCV. Audio recorded and processed using Audacity and played using libao.

]]> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:45:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8693/real-time-lightsaber-on-the-kinect-on-pc/real-time-lightsaber-on-the-kinect-on-pc 500 Round Per Minute Dart Chaingun Hack http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7830/500-round-per-minute-dart-chaingun-hack

We hacked a Nerf Vulcan chaingun to fire as fast as an M60 machine gun. We also added an LED counter like in Aliens or any FPS. Then we took the gun and shot my coworker with it. See the how-to at www.manapotions.com

]]> Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:47:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/7830/500-round-per-minute-dart-chaingun-hack/500-round-per-minute-dart-chaingun-hack Prime Time Hack: The Birth of Facebook Video http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6199/prime-time-hack-the-birth-of-facebook-video

At Facebook, a new idea can lead to a huge impact. In our regular Hackathons, engineers spend the night coding and hacking away at new product ideas. Watch how one of those all-night projects turned into Facebook Video and led to people viewing over a billion videos every month.

]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:05:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/6199/prime-time-hack-the-birth-of-facebook-video/prime-time-hack-the-birth-of-facebook-video Lewis Hamilton and the RC Office Grand Prix http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1564/lewis-hamilton-and-the-rc-office-grand-prix Check out what happened when the guys at McLaren saw our remote control Grand Prix car film... ]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:45:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/1564/lewis-hamilton-and-the-rc-office-grand-prix/lewis-hamilton-and-the-rc-office-grand-prix