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F1 Fan Art Shop
F1 Fan Art Shop
March 18, 2024
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I'm proud to announce my new Etsy Shop in which you will find a lot of my (future) creations around F1 and motorsports. The first item I've published is the legendary Formula One F1 Williams FW1 Read more>>

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f1
bricks
creation
formula one
etsy
nigel mansell
fw14
williams
🎄🎅🏻Happy Xmas 2023!
🎄🎅🏻Happy Xmas 2023!
December 24, 2023

I wish you a very happy Xmas 2023 and a happy new year 2024! This image was created by using Illustrator (for the text) and DALL-E for the text to image generation by using Read more>>

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xmas
ai
generator
🎃👻Happy Halloween! Free 3D pumpkin and a 💀spooky skull to download
🎃👻Happy Halloween! Free 3D pumpkin and a 💀spooky skull to download
October 28, 2023
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This year the Halloween pumpkin king is back again: I've reconstructured via Agisoft Metashape a garden decoration I've bought for a few euros by taking Read more>>

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3d
pumpkin
halloween
photogrammetry
decoration
AI for fun: Generating Easter 🐰 Greeting Cards with Stable Diffusion and AI
AI for fun: Generating Easter 🐰 Greeting Cards with Stable Diffusion and AI
April 7, 2023
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This year I was very lazy to design my own Easter Greeting Cards with Illustrator and Photoshop so I've asked Stable Diffusion to do the job for me (*shame on me*). Generative Art is THE big thing in 2023 and everybody is only speaking in terms Read more>>

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ai
stable diffusion
dreamshaper
model
generative art
rabbit
easter
Designs Portfolio (updated)
Designs Portfolio (updated)
April 1, 2023
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Discover on this page a selection of designs I've created for UXs (Swoozy, Wizzmo for Android and TV), T-Shirts and even a board games! Read more>>

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design
wizzmo
swoozy
formula board
games
ux
DIY: a simple Lego® webcamera stand
DIY: a simple Lego® webcamera stand
April 1, 2023
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Do you need a fancy and original webcamera stand for your visio-conference? Why not building one with Lego® bricks? All you need are some Lego® Dots and a few Lego® Technic parts. And for the privacy nerds I've even Read more>>

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lego
webcamera
stand
diy
Tips and tricks: Designing a low poly isometric city poster with Blender.
Tips and tricks: Designing a low poly isometric city poster with Blender.
March 28, 2023
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In this article I’d like to share some tips and tricks on how to start the design of a low-poly and isometric city for a printed poster. All you need is a pen, Blender and a loooot of time 😊 and to follow some easy rules. Read more>>

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low poly
isometric
city
blender
render
3D
poster
augmented reality
Music: Hallo Bimmelbahn: a story of a locomotive🚂
Music: Hallo Bimmelbahn: a story of a locomotive🚂
January 2, 2023
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In 2023 the magical word in the music industry will be "interpolation" again with artists, resampling or repicking old tracks to turn them into a hit again (think of all the hits of Dua Lipa, Adriana Grande, David Guetta). Today I'd like Read more>>

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music
interpolation
bimmelbahn
gotta go home
duke sauce
AI-Campus / KI-Campus: Deep Learning mit Tensorflow, Keras und Tensorflow.js
AI-Campus / KI-Campus: Deep Learning mit Tensorflow, Keras und Tensorflow.js
August 17, 2022
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📢It's a big pleasure to announce that together with my colleague Dr. Alassane Ndiaye we are launching at September 1st our new AI course entitled "Deep Learning mit Tensorflow, Keras und Tensorflow.js" on the official website of Read more>>

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tensorflow
keras
ki-campus
ai-campus
tensorflow.js
deep learning
machine learning
Using NI’s Komplete Kontrol and Massive in LMMS
Using NI’s Komplete Kontrol and Massive in LMMS
August 17, 2022
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LMMS (Linux MultiMedia Studio - https://lmms.io/) is certainly one of the most underrated DAWs around although being very powerful. In this quick tip I’ll explain how to use Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol and Read more>>

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lmms
komplete kontrol
native instruments
VeStiGe
plugin
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amazon
ad
Starting a Deep Learning project: avoid these mistakes!
Starting a Deep Learning project: avoid these mistakes!
May 22, 2022
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AI, Deep Learning, Machine Learning are the top trending topics in the IT industry and every company will one day have to deal with these new topics. But where to start and why should you be very careful when you start a Deep Learning or Machine L Read more>>

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deep learning
ai
machine learning
tips
tricks
Photogrammetry: 🐰Happy Easter!
Photogrammetry: 🐰Happy Easter!
April 17, 2022
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Happy Easter! This Easter Rabbit is actually an outside decoration sculpture I've bought for a few euros at Action. I've captured it with photogrammetry and edited with Agisoft Metashape and slightly modified the vertices with Blender. 111 pictures were used for the reconstruction of this rabbit. Read more>>

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easter
rabbit
photogrammetry
3d
Photogrammetry: 🎄🎅🏻Christmas Town
Photogrammetry: 🎄🎅🏻Christmas Town
December 3, 2021
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Hohoho! This Christmas Town Scene is actually a plastic decoration object that was captured with photogrammetry, edited with Agisoft Metashape and slightly modified with Blender. 205 pictures were used for the reconstruction. Read more>>

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christmas
photogrammetry
decoration
How to use TensorFlow and the TensorBoard Summary Dashboard
How to use TensorFlow and the TensorBoard Summary Dashboard
November 26, 2021
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TensorBoard is a very useful tool to visualize your metrics while your model is being trained. The concept behind TensorBoard is the usage of so-called Dashboards in combination with log files. These log files are constantly updated (saved) during Read more>>

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tensorflow
tensorboard
tf.summary
debugger
graphs
Photogrammetry: a climbing rock
Photogrammetry: a climbing rock
November 10, 2021
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A climbing rock on a playground reconstructed by using 108 pictures and processed the photos with the Agisoft Metashape Standard software. Read more>>

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photogrammetry
rock
3d
Google Earth Studio - Create breathtaking animations of the Earth
Google Earth Studio - Create breathtaking animations of the Earth
November 8, 2021
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Google Earth Studio is the missing link for video journalists and animators when it comes to simulate a flight over the Earth, to zoom into a specific geographic region or to integrate some nice 3D rendering of cities in a video report. Previously you had several possibilities to achieve this: either by  Read more>>

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google earth
studio
animation
3d
earth
video
render
IONIQ Bugs and Hacks
IONIQ Bugs and Hacks
August 6, 2021

In this post I will give you the solution to some of the Hyundai IONIQ PHEV bugs you might encounter e.g. No battery, rear-camera mode not working, no audio etc... No need to worry or Read more>>

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ioniq
hyundai
bugs
phev
Photogrammetry: Sculpture of an elephant
Photogrammetry: Sculpture of an elephant
June 6, 2021

Last week-end I've visited my favorite zoo in Saarbrücken and I've decided to capture this bronze sculpture of an elephant. I took 58 photos with my mobile phone and processed the photos with the Agisoft Metashape Standard software. Read more>>

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photogrammetry
3d
elephant
sculpture
zoo
agisoft
Swoozy: Intelligent Interactions for the television of the future
Swoozy: Intelligent Interactions for the television of the future
February 1, 2018
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I’m very pretty proud to announce that I’ve released my book about Swoozy – The semantic Television a new AI-based interactive system that provide viewers with a new way to interact with video content and enable them to efficiently search for background knowledge. Watching television belongs to Read more>>

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swoozy
television
semantic tv
future tv
book
Tutorial: Creating a Cordova/Phonegap plugin for Android
Tutorial: Creating a Cordova/Phonegap plugin for Android
September 28, 2014

Cordova is certainly one of the most promising and state of the art framework to develop cross-platform HTML5-based mobile apps. I’m a big fan of this framework, but unfortunately some stuff are in my opinion hard to Read more>>

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Android
cordova
exec
implement a plugin
phonegap
plugin
quick plugin implementation
toast
tutorial
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amazon
ad
Useful Javascript libraries & tools for HTML5 developers
Useful Javascript libraries & tools for HTML5 developers
May 25, 2014

While programming HTML5-based applications I came along a lot of libraries and good JavaScript projects. In this blog post I want to share a small selection of my favorite libraries that I’m using almost every day especially since I’m involved Read more>>

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brackets
charts
css3
dev
html5
interactivity
javascript
libraries
Mobile
three.js
Swoozy @ CeBIT 2014 : The Future TV – Semantic TV system
Swoozy @ CeBIT 2014 : The Future TV – Semantic TV system
March 7, 2014

It’s a great pleasure for me to present this year at the CeBIT 2014 the new version of Swoozy – The Semantic TV System for which I’ve received last year a Read more>>

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cebit 2014
future tv
innovation
semantic television
semantic tv
swoozy
television
web 3.0
web 4.0
Augmented Reality Advent Calendar by Windel
Augmented Reality Advent Calendar by Windel
December 22, 2013

Augmented reality can be really fascinating. But what happens if you combine a calendar with an App and 24 tiny doors to open till Christmas? Yes, the thing is getti Read more>>

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advent
augmented reality
calendar
christmas
santa claus
windel
Sebastian Vettel Papercraft
Sebastian Vettel Papercraft
November 1, 2013

4! Sebastian (IV)ettel won his fourth Formula One Word championship . To “celebrate” this, I’ve conceived a small – what we can call – fan papercraft representing the Formula One champion. You can download the files, take your scissors a Read more>>

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creation
diy
f1
formula one
glue
paper
papercraft
podium
scissors
sebastian vettel
Quick tip: Convert 3GA to MP3 with VLC – Conversion of Samsung Voice Recorder files in MP3
Quick tip: Convert 3GA to MP3 with VLC – Conversion of Samsung Voice Recorder files in MP3
September 1, 2013

Here’s quick tip I wanted to share because you might face this little issue: you have eventually recorded some voice notes with the Samsung Android application and wanted to share these it with your friends or integrate it into an email and then Read more>>

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3ga
Android
audio notes
conversion
convert
mp3
notes
samsung
videolan
vlc
Milky: On-product App for emotional Product to Human Interactions
Milky: On-product App for emotional Product to Human Interactions
August 25, 2013

Do you remember Milky the charming little milk carton running around the city in Blur’s video clip “Coffee and TV” ? My colleague Simon Bergweiler and I decided to push the idea of this anthropomorphic milk carto Read more>>

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anthropomorphic products
emotional
gadgeteer
interface
internet of things
milky
mobile hci 2013
on-product app
tangible
Electric Vehicles in driving simulation games
Electric Vehicles in driving simulation games
August 25, 2013

In real life test I had several times the opportunity to drive electric cars (see Renault Zoe test drive) and it was always Read more>>

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ev
circuit
driving simulation
electric cars
forza
forza 4
games
gran turismo
gran turismo 5
gt5
hybrid
Renault ZOE Test drive
Renault ZOE Test drive
April 15, 2013

Today we are going to discover the brand new Renault ZE ZOE that is now available in Europe. Last week I went to a Renault garage (thanks to the garage that let me tes Read more>>

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battery
electric
electric vehicle
ev
renault
renault zoe
Wallbox
zoé
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