reccession gadgets pt. 1 – diy multitouch
i love looking up the latest gadgets and consumer electronics. but i am too cheap can’t afford to buy every shiny toy that’s out there. as my interests for nui experiments grow, i will need cheap hardware to play with. not too long i ago came across a few homemade multitouch pads and display blog posts. here’s a compilation of what i found. if you know of any other, drop me a note and i’ll add it to the list.
let’s start with the a super cheap one. you pay for what you get, but it works!
a nice one from instructables. the plexi alone will cost you some bucks, but it’s nothing compare to the real surface.
ideo labs’ version. hay look, here’s “some old projection surfaces” from storage we can use. how convenient. 
even better if you have a rear-projection tv.
and a few of links in one. this one includes an open source kit from cubit, which comes in a premade box, or ready-to-assemble basic components.
This reminds me of these projections in city streets, where people can move images around and play games with people in other cities. Here is a more detailed description with photos from pruned: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2009/10/great-street-games.html
Peter Sigrist
October 21, 2009 at 8:02 am