Android Augmented Reality

http://www.kpbird.com/2013/09/android-augmented-reality.html

Re: 2 inch square computer ?

There are many companies making these Android HDMI sticks that are the same thing as your cube. only they are the size of a USB stick.  

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/measy-u1a-hdmi-smart-tv-box-player-dongle-stick-mini-pc-android-4-0/250088778.html

On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 10:10 AM, wwc wrote:

http://www.solid-run.com/products/cubox-i-mini-computer/

$80 - $140 for a quad

new version is credit card size.....  $45 - $100
http://www.solid-run.com/products/hummingboard/linux-sbc-documentation/

AllCast now streams your media to any Android device

http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/19/allcast-receiver/

Android 4.0-based HDMI dongle, Kickstarts the Pocket TV

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/484889112/the-pocket-tv-makes-any-tv-a-smart-tv

The Pocket TV: Makes any TV a Smart TV

A Technology project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by Infinitec

 Infinitec was CES 2010 with a simple USB stick that promised to enable ad hoc streaming, claiming to bring "infinite storage" to PC users. I guess the product has some  issues, and the company's been silent ever since.  

The new product is an Android-based HDMI dongle -- not entirely unlike a  few others -- which is being dubbed Pocket TV.  Plug into a television, and Skype from the TV, show PowerPoint presentations without a laptop connection and access files on Dropbox (or any other cloud-based Android app). Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is onboard, with a gyro-equipped keyboard remote that allows control with  hand motions. 

Programming the Kinect to Work with Android

From Hack-A-Day

The Kinect has been hacked for many purposes, but this Android implementation tutorial is the first we’ve heard of it being used on a mobile phone platform. Although not a finished product at this point, [Raymond's] tutorial is a good starting point for those wanting to experiment with fusing these two technologies.
The Kinect programming for this tutorial has been done with the Tegra Ventana development kit for Android 3.0. An Ubuntu-Linux installation is used, but this technique should be portable to any Linux system according to the author.
The procedure given is pretty straightforward, and the author even provides an example of the results in a video after the break. It’s interesting to note that, when connected, the Kinect is seen as two devices, “Xbox NUI Camera” and “Xbox NUI audio”. We look forward to new hacks to come out for this device, possibly using this set of tools.



For another related hack, check out this robotic skeleton controlled with the Kinect.

RenderScript

Renderscript is a new API targeted at high-performance 3D rendering and compute operations. The goal of Renderscript is to bring a lower level, higher performance API to Android developers. The target audience is the set of developers looking to maximize the performance of their applications and are comfortable working closer to the metal to achieve this. It provides the developer three primary tools: A simple 3D rendering API on top of hardware acceleration, a developer friendly compute API similar to CUDA, and a familiar language in C99.

• the new API is published with the Android Honeycomb API release
• made up of a "computing" API, and a "rendering" API
• intended for programmers who want to coax the last ounce of performance from their hardware
• accessed using a C-based scripting language

Learn about RenderScript from Romain Guy and Chet Haase of the Android UI Toolkit team

Running Android on large touch screen displays

http://hackaday.com/2011/07/11/running-android-on-large-touch-screen-displays/

Netflix for Android Phone

Netflix for Android Phone

* The Netflix app runs on these phones:
1. HTC Incredible with Android 2.2
2. HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2, 2.3
3. HTC Evo 4G with Android 2.2
4. HTC G2 with Android 2.2
5. Samsung Nexus S with Android 2.3.

 I suspect that security is a big limitation for Android adoption, content rights holders want almost unrealistic levels of security and encryption for any device to play content.
This is I am sure must be one of Netflix largest limiting factors.

Read More:

Netflix Brings Instant Streaming to Android, Will Roll Out Gradually by Device

Netflix launch on Android

IP Cam Viewer

Came across a great Android App.

IP Cam Viewer by Robert Chou

Remotely view and control your IP Camera, DVR, and Network Video Recorder, CCTV and WebCam using this Android mobile client.
Includes a database of public web cams around the world like Traffic Cameras.

Supports SSL, H.264, mjpeg, 2-way audio on some cameras, pan/tilt, optical zoom, presets, relay control and digital pinch to zoom functionality.

Add your cameras to your home screen with widgets (controllable refresh rate),
Have dozens of cameras? Group them for quick recall.

Has Matrix view, gallery view and digital zoom mode.
Setup once, export settings to sdcard, option to share cameras, and browser integration.

Apple iOS version available (IP Camera Viewer)
Blackberry 6.0 version available (Live Cams)
Windows Phone 7 version under development

Over 450+ different makes/models supported. For specific camera models and features, see website:
http://hit-mob.com/ip-cam-viewer-android/

=== coming soon...
In the next release or 2, I plan on adding a "recording mode" where by the app will:

- record as fast as possible, for all enabled cameras, to your sdcard
- you'll be able to specify max space usage but app will automatically recycle space up to that limit

The idea is that you can use a spare android device that is plugged in as a cheap solid state recorder.
Probably don't want to use this mode on your normal phone because it'll drain your battery.
Also probably not useful for users with dvrs already but can be useful for people with just standalone ip cameras.

=== make/models supported:
http://hit-mob.com/ip-cam-viewer-android/device-support-list/
Generic URL
3xLogic
4UCAM
4XEM
A-Link
AbelCam
ABS
ABUS
ACTi
Active Vision
ADT
Airlink
Airship
Alien
Alinking
Allnet
APC
Apex
Aposonic
Appro
ArcVision
Arecont
Arm Electronics
Asante
ASIP
Asoni
Astak
Avermedia
AVIOSYS
AVS
AVTECH
Axis
Basler
Bewan
BiQu
Blue Iris
Bluecherry
BlueJay
BluePix
Bosch
Brickcom
BVUSA
BWA
Canon
CCTVHotDeals
Cellinx
Chubb
CIP
Clas Ohlson
Compro
Conceptronic
Convision
COP-USA
CPCAM
Creative
CTRing
CVLM
Dahua
Dedicated Micros
Defender
Digicom
Digital Watchdog
Digitus
Digix
DiVis
DLink
Dtt
DVRUSA
DynaColor
EasyN
EasySE
Edimax
Elmo
Elro
Eminent
Etrovision
Everfocus
EvoCam
ExacqVision
Exelon
EYEMAX
EyeSpy247
Eyseo
Falco
Falcon
Fitivision
FlexWatch
FoodTec Solutions
Foscam
Gadspot
GE
Gembird
Genius
Geovision
GKB
GlobeTeck
go1984
Goscam
GrandSec
Grandstream
Grandtec
Hama
Hawking Tech
HeiTel
Hesavision
Hikvision
HISUNG
HooToo
Hungtek
Hunt Electronics
I-View
ICam
ICAMView
ICanTek
iCatch
ICRealtime
IGuard
iKONiC
Imogen
imotion
Inscape Data
INSTAR
Intellinet
IPUX
IQinVision
JVC
KGuard
Laser
LevelOne
Linksys
Logilink
Lorex
LTS
Lumenera
Mammoth Technologies
Marmitek
MayGion
Merit Lilin
Mesa
Messoa
Microseven
Mobotix
MonoPrice
NetMedia
NetZEye
Neugent
Night Owl
NuSpectra
Nuvico
Okina
Open Source
OpenEye
Opticam
Optivision
Orite
OvisLink
Panasonic
Pelco
Photo Feed
Piczel
Pinetron
Pixord
Planet
Planex
Plustek
Power Telecomm
PY Software
Q-See
QNAP
RaySharp
Rayvision
Remote Eyes
Repotec
Rifatron
Rimax
Robox
Samsung
Sanyo
SCD
Security Labs
SecuritySpy
Seteye
Sharx
Shixin
Sitecom
SmartEye
Solwise
Sony
SparkLan
Speco Tech
StarDot
SuperCircuits
SVAT
Swann
Sweex
Talon
Talos
TechVision
Telefonica
Tenvis
Tibetsystem
TomTech
Toshiba
TP-Link
TRENDnet
True-H DVR
TSM
UTC
Veo/Vidi
Vidi
Vilar/Vipcam
VisorTech
Vitek
Vivotek
Vonnic
Wansview
WebcamXP
Well Vision
WowWee
Y-Cam
y3k
Yawcam
Yoics
Zavio
Zmodo
Zoneminder
Zonet

VidTrim for Android Lets You Edit Videos on Your Phone

Some camera phones  can now capture video in 720p. If you’re going to be capturing video on your phone, though, it’s very likely that you might at some point want to snip out just a portion of your video before you send it as MMS or upload it to youtube.  Xda-developers member neoMJ has written a tool for Android that can do exactly that.  VidTrim will allow you select start and end points of any video and trim it to just the section you want, and then save the new section as its own video, or overwrite the old video. Due to different manufacturers using different encodings, it doesn’t work on ALL phones yet, but it has been tested and shown to work with the Galaxy S phones.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/vidtrim-a-video-editor-for-android/

Logitech stops production of Revue box for Google TV

Logitech told Taiwan-based Gigabyte Technology to suspend production of its Revue set-top box -- the companion to Google's new Google TV service -- until sometime next month, according to a published report. A Logitech spokeswoman declined to comment, but the latest Internet reports indicate the stoppage may have been prompted by Google. TG Daily, eWeek.com, CNET/Media Maverick blog.


Shortly after Google launched Google TV in October via the Revue companion boxes and Internet TVs and Blu-ray players from Sony it became clear to many reviewers that the product felt unfinished.

Although all of the Google TV launch devices have their differences, at their core they're all running Android on an Intel CE4100 media processor, which is essentially a 1.2GHz Atom core that's been beefed up with some extra graphics hardware capable of capturing and decoding 1080p video  This is a big win for Intel in this space -- and in fact, Intel claims to have written half of Google TV's code.


http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/29/google-tv-review/

The Android Invasion

from Slashdot:

The Android Invasion Cometh; Is Resistance Futile?
"Last month, we learned from Gartner that Android will probably be the number-two worldwide mobile OS this year, and may lead the pack by 2014. With Android's growing use as the OS embedded in phones, in tablets, in set-top boxes, and in LCD HDTVs, it seems like the Linux-based OS could end up dominating the entire non-PC consumer device operating system space. What do Slashdot readers think: Is resistance futile?"


From a developer friend of mine in India in talking about a Set Top Box project:

I think i got a detailed idea on how to implement a proof of concept device. One of the reasons of dropping it was the integration complexity of the opensource libs esp the signaling (we were planning to use tapioca). At the end we were almost decided to use Android as the base platform to develop.  I had Android running on the beagleboard as well. If we develop video calling interfaces(ie in Java and C++) in Android SDK it can be a hit.

I think skype is getting integrated with LCD tvs now. had seen an article http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-tv/ . 

Video is gaining traction in India. I have even saw a shop which exclusively sells video surveillance equipment in my home town. PVR for indian market seems ineteresting.

Short demo of how to publish your phone app
    http://gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=131

http://developer.android.com/index.html

 I really need to learn Android development.  I have a Droid X, Android is lightyears ahead of Symbian. 

HD video off android phone!

See this Amazing HD video off cell demo!

Zii Labs, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd. The same people who made the sound blaster audio card (one of the first audio cards for the PC). Says they have over 800 R&D engineers and invested US$1 billion and 10,000 man-years in media processing solutions. They have offices in the UK, China, USA and Singapore.

Well I am impressed, considering this is the first time I have heard about them.

They make the ZMS-05 media processor / chipset. Claiming to accelerate from 10 Gigaflops to PetaFlops, for handling media-intensive applications.

It uses what they call Stemcell computing technology sounds like a type of cell processor.

This is very similar to the Enumera chip that I was trying to make a prototype with Chuck Moore called the 25x. Man can't believe that opportunity fell apart!

They have a development board for their ZMS-05 chip.

ZiiLABS provide robust Linux-based Board Support Packages (BSPs) supporting the ZMS-05 based Plaszma hardware platforms such as; Zii EGG, ZMS-05 EVM and ZMS-05 System Module. These reference BSPs ensure that a fully operational kernel supporting the native Plaszma OS or Android is ready for use and supports the board specific modules and hardware features exposed on each platform.

Here are one of their Press releases.

ZiiLABS Announces Graphics and HD Video Acceleration for Adobe Flash Player

HD Video and OpenGL ES Graphics Acceleration Enable Compelling Web Experience for Mobile and Digital Home Devices

The web site they give is http://www.zii.com