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Native Extensions 1.0 for Microsoft Silverlight

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Native Extensions 1.0 for Microsoft Silverlight (NESL) is a new toolkit that contains a set of Silverlight libraries that enable Silverlight 4 out-of-browser applications to interact with cool Windows 7 features:

· Take advantage of sensors like accelerometers, light sensors, compasses, GPS etc.

· Access content from connected portable devices like music players and digital cameras.

· Capture and create video from webcams and screen output

· Use speech recognition and text to speech capabilities.

· Integrate with the Windows 7 taskbar (Jump Lists, Icon Overlays, Taskbar Progress etc.)

This looks to be a great toolkit addition for Silverlight. I like the idea of having access to connected portable devices from an OOB Silverlight app.