Michael Voong HCI Researcher @ Birmingham University

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Posts from January 2008

Java Verification? Not For Me!

Apparently, the Java ME code verification system is a joke. One developer has said that if you want to use anything other than the buttons and screen, you need your code signed. All of this was supposed to make code signing in Java ME centralised, being based upon impartial third parties like Verisign, Thawte, and [...]


Wii Remote Hacks - Perspective Enhanced Gaming?

I was doing some searches on how people have been hacking the Nintendo Wii Remote, making use of the plethora of sensors it contains - an ADXL330 accelerometer 3-axis accelerometer, a PixArt optical sensor, allowing it to determine where the Wii Remote is pointing (senses infrared light sources like the Wii’s sensor bar).
I came [...]


24″ Heaven

I recently acquired a 24″ monitor, which I personally think is “just the right size”. Any bigger and it’ll seem like I’m sitting on the front row of a cinema. What do you think? Multiple monitors, virtual desktops or one big screen?

Video editing on it is a pleasure using this 1920 x 1600 monitor! (If [...]


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