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Gmail Motion April Fools' gag turned into reality using Kinect Sensor (video)

Using the Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST) software and a Kinect sensor, USC ICT lab successfully turned Gmail motion April Fools’ joke into reality!





"This morning, Google introduced Gmail Motion, allowing users to control Gmail using gestures and body movement. However, for whatever reason, their application doesn't appear to work. So, we demonstrate our solution - the Software Library Optimizing Obligatory Waving (SLOOW) - and show how it can be used with a Microsoft Kinect sensor to control Gmail using the gestures described by Google."

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Dynamic Views Now Available

Blogger now offers the ability to present blog's content in several new and exciting ways. These new views use the latest in web technology, including AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3
Click on any of these links to preview the new dynamic views on randomnies.blogspot.com

• Flipcard: Mouse over any of the cards to see the post title and comment count. As you scroll down, additional posts will continue to load.

• Mosaic: Clicking on an individual tile will expand that post to the full width of the view, and clicking again will collapse the post back into its original position.

• Sidebar: Optimized for quick reading and browsing.

• Snapshot: This view will display only the posts which have images.

• Timeslide: This view breaks the blog content down into three different areas.

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Google +1 Button: Your Recommendations in Search Results

Google introduces the +1 button, which lets you recommend things to your friends, contacts and others through your Google Profile



The +1 button is a shorthand for "this is pretty cool" or "you should check this out." Click +1 to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1's can help friends, contacts and others find the best stuff when they search.

More info: Official Google Blog: +1’s: the right recommendations right when you want them—in your search results

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