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With the coming release of the Kinect for Windows v2 device, which you can pre-order now, we should start seeing more of our favorite frameworks, utilities and tools being updated. We've highlighted Kinect Common Bridge a couple times before, Kids, Kinect, Cinder and some C++ too... Meet the...

Is there an external USB type temp. sensor I can purchase for the pro 2. I'am trying to set up my tablet to use in my job as facility engineer which requires me to take floor temp reading as well as record information done on preventative maint. tasks on equipment such as water source heat...

A very handy tool! If you want to see what your machine is doing temperature wise or look through any number of system values then this app is excellent. Just updated to version 1.22. Download: HWMonitor - CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

I recently reinstalled my operating system, the sensors didn't install when I reinstalled it. It says no sensors are installed. How do I go about installing them?

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C9 Netduino Shield Series - Using Arduino Shields with a Netduino - Part II IntroductionIn our previous article, we examined what an Arduino shield is, how to build a simple custom shield and discussed how to quickly identify shields that are good candidates for a Netduino adaptation versus...

Fixes an issue in which certain Chinese error messages do not reveal meanings correctly when you use a fingerprint sensor on a laptop that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Link Removed

Anyone who has watched the science fiction television series Star Trek will remember the tricorder: A fictional device capable of scanning for anomalies in space and time, diagnosing irregularities in your health, and helping the crew of a starship find their way through obstacles on an alien...

The poll is only for laptop users! HWiNFO64 Download (click on "Sensor-only" after running it or click "Sensors" later on)

At Tech Ed 2011, David Pugmire and I had the pleasure of speaking with Ken Collins from Cogent. He demonstrated the Cogent DataHub WebView product—a product built using Silverlight and backed by cloud services. The product includes real-time information display from various sensors and...

Dubbed 'Lytro', the camera is able to capture light data from many different angles using a specialized sensor. The sensor uses what is called a "microlens array", which packs the equivalent of many camera lenses into a very small space. It can capture 3D images. Price was not mentioned. They...

You can learn all about the next release of Windows Phone, code named "Mango" in Link Removed video- this video is strictly for the devs. Matt Bencke gave us all the 411 on what is to be expected in the Developer Tools that were released TODAY. Make sure to Link Removed and start developing...

Forget about passwords and fingerprint readers, Windows laptops of the future may authenticate simply by looking at you. Using a leaked early build of Windows 8, the hackers at Windows8italia discovered a sensor programming interface with the ability to "detect human presence." Presumably, this...

French Jean Marc Batard presents his invention a vertical garden which allows elderly people to garden. It can also be used by people who love gardening but cannot bend down at the 39th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, April...

Last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet's axis. The quake caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that stretched 186 miles long and 93 miles wide, according to the AP. The areas closest to the...

Link Removed General Manager Panos Panay showed us a preview of the next version of Surface at CES, called the Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface. This matured device runs on Embedded Windows 7 Professional 64-bit and has a new technology in the screen that allows for 2 million sensors (rather...

At Maker Faire 2010 New York, the .NET Micro Framework team and Microsoft Research (Cambridge) showed off their new device: the .NET Gadgeteer. It's like LEGO for electronics. In this video, Colin Miller explains some of the details on the board. The board itself has a multitude of...

Scott stopped by Ward Cunningham (you know, the guy who invented the Wiki. Yes, that Ward Cunningham) to hang out, and discovered Ward's treasure trove of electronics, software, soldering guns and web accessible sensor arrays that run 24/7/365. Ever wish you had a real cool uncle that didn't...

Raghu Murthi and Albert Panello talk about some of the technology behind the Kinect, including the below points: Three major subsystems in the sensor (Optical, Audio, Motor) Optical consists of depth projector and sensor RGB Camera Depth Sensor Motor Subsystem Audio Subsystem Link Removed...