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Ross Bencina. Home - Play.com (UK) - Free Delivery. GestTable_42_LCD.pdf (application/pdf Object) Matrix Industries - Personal Homepage of Florian Echtler. MS Surface 2.0 Hacking Update: Here's the tale of how I nearly bricked the Surface and got it back to life.

Matrix Industries - Personal Homepage of Florian Echtler

Most people will have heard of Microsoft's Surface 2.0, which is a neatly packaged 40" multitouch screen with integrated PC. Of course, out of the box, it runs a modified version of Windows 7 and little else. Since I always consider that a bit of a challenge, I've decided to see if you could also run Linux on it. As it turns out, running Linux on the Surface 2.0 is actually quite straightforward; thanks to the Media Informatics Group at LMU, I had the opportunity to do a bit of experimentation on their Surface. Of course, I've decided to fix that, and the result is available at github: Open-Source Surface 2.0 Driver. To round things off, a brief video showing the raw data is below. Linux + Multitouch display = open source 10 fingered goodness. Thinking about picking up one of those newfangled multitouch displays for your netbook, but holding off because you’re worried that there won’t be support for multitouch gestures under Linux?

Linux + Multitouch display = open source 10 fingered goodness

It looks like there’s nothing to worry about. While most versions of Windows 7 (but not Windows 7 Starter) include built-in support for multitouch screens, most Linux distributions don’t yet include support these displays. But that doesn’t mean you can’[t configure them to support it. The folks at France’s ENAC Interactive Computing Lab have put together a video demonstrating multitouch support on a PC running Fedora 12 Linux with what appears to be a 10 inch touchscreen display.

You can check out the video after the break. In order to emulate these results, you’ll need the Linux kernel 2.6.31, a modified version of X.org 1.7, and supported hardware and drivers. Via Netbook 3G. Processing JS + Multitouch = magic finger tips « Adrian Park. We held our inaugural Tinker Tuesday today.

Processing JS + Multitouch = magic finger tips « Adrian Park

The idea is that all the Digital Media Masters students get together on a Tuesday to tinker. Ben Holden asked me about HTML5 and we got to discussing the relative merits of HTML5+JavaScript compared to Flash+ActionsScript and Java applets compiled from Processing. This led to the topic of Processing JS and Ben asked how one goes about porting a Processing app to Processing JS. Linux MPX Multi-touch Table May Become Alternative Microsoft Surface. Insert Coin: Playsurface open-source multitouch computing table. In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. A Microsoft Surface in every office?

Yeah, fat chance. At $8,000, you may never see Samsung's SUR40 glow in the wild, but budget versions of the backlit HD table have begun popping up, such as the Merel Mtouch, which retails for half the price. Labs. CUBIT is an interactive surface for multitouch interactions.

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It was designed with the intention to redefine visual computing and depart from the mouse pointer paradigm. Fingers are seen as points of location, areas of contact, and vectors. Based on these sensory inputs the interface tries to generate graphical widgets which behave along preconceived human notions of physical objects. Surface. 42" LCD Multi-Touch Table.

Wiimote Virtual Room Designer. Last year I had to earn my M.Sc. in engineering and decided to make up my own final graduation project, a part of which is this very cheap design tool.

Wiimote Virtual Room Designer

Check out the video below! Brian Peek, author of WiimoteLib, saw the video and asked me to write a practical article on how to create something like this yourself. Let’s get started! Hardware Setup To get this working, you only need a digital projector, a Wiimote, a few cheap components, and, of course, a computer. Creating the tabletop display First, let’s create the poor man’s version of the Microsoft Surface table. Making the display interactive Now comes the trick: making the display interactive. Fashioning the point-of-view device. Managed Library for Nintendo's Wiimote. In code, the process is as follows (shortened from the original code for space): Johnny Chung Lee - Human Computer Interaction Research. Foldable Displays (tracked with the Wiimote) Johnny Chung Lee - Projects - Thesis. Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote. Make Any Computer A Touch Screen/Smart Board (1080p HD)

Wiimote Whiteboard. Smoothboard Air - Collaborative Interactive Whiteboard for iPads and Android Tablets. Free Development software downloads. Low-Cost Video Chat Robot. Yang Tai Chi with Bruce Leung. Expert Village. Cream Cheese Icing Recipe With Regular Sugar : Have Your Cake & Decorate It, Too!

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119,802 views 6 months ago Subscribe Now: Watch More: Cream cheese icing with regular sugar requires a few key ingredients, like cream cheese. Make cream cheese icing from a recipe that uses regular sugar with help from an experienced baker in this free video clip. Expert: Paul DelagnesContact: www.breadbasketcake.com/Bio: Paul Delagnes is the Head Cake Designer at Bread Basket Cake Company in Camarillo, California.Filmmaker: Nick Brosco.