New Version of Scratch & Kinect

Hi everyone,

Thanks for the (unexpectedly) massive response to the last version of Kinect2Scratch!

As Microsoft have released their SDK to allow official development with the Kinect, I have updated the Kinect2Scratch program, and it is now much easier to install and use. However, it is Windows 7 only (MS restriction, not mine).

I was interviewed about Scratch & Kinect last week, here is the writeup and video: http://newtechpost.com/2011/07/11/stephen-howell-using-scratch-with-kinect-for-education

I said there was a need for more Scratch evangelism!

I am looking for beta testers, so if you have a USB Kinect and Windows 7, please reply and I'll send you everything. My site is here: http://scratch.saorog.com with contact details.

Update:  I am rather excited (and delighted) to be presenting a talk and workshop at the awesome Art && Code conference in Carnegie Mellon University October 21st – 23rd in Pittsburgh. My workshop will be on Scratch and Kinect hacking. Hope to see you there.

2C: Teaching Kids Programming with Scratch & Kinect

Regards,

Stephen Howell

(Computer Science Lecturer, Institute of Technology Tallaght, Ireland)