OS X-based multitouch project makes debut at science fair
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
As we’ve seen, it doesn’t precisely take all that much to whip up a homemade multitouch system, but that doesn’t compose Bridger Maxwell’s science fair project here any less impressive, which wraps everything into a fairly tidy, OS X-based package. Like other similar systems, that one relies on a slew of LEDs (28 of ‘em in that case), along with a webcam modded with an IR filter, and piece of acrylic and a spare LCD screen for the surface itself. To show it off to its fullest
potential, Bridger whipped up an app of his own for OS X that lets users flip through XKCD comics with suitably fancy graphics thanks to OS X’s Core Animation. There doesn’t seem to be any video of the rig in action, unfortunately, but you can find plenty of pics of the entire build process at the link below.
[Via TG Daily]
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Original post by Donald Melanson
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