Building a tangible interface using a multitouch display
Aaron Waychoff of DINO Studios came up with a simple way to create an iPad Physical Object Interface.
Year: 2010
In the Maker Shed: Maker’s Notebook
Look, it’s not an iPad! It’s the Maker’s Notebook!! No need to stand in line to purchase one, nor to engage in debate with tech pundits about its closed ecosystem. David Letterman is highly unlikely to come to your house and lick it. (No guarantee implied.)
DIYPad: The iPad: A maker’s roundup
Oh, my — we’re certainly in the midst of a scrum, aren’t we? A shark’s frenzy of pundits who received the new gadget are trumpeted its virtues across the Web. Xeni’s review called the iPad a touch of genius. Levy declared the device giant leap for personal computers. Letterman licked it, and Woz is buying […]
Paper Cut False Eyelashes
The art of Chinese paper cutting (jian zhi) goes to a whole new level with these papercut false eyelashes featured on Ecouterre. For more on Chinese paper cutting, see my previous post from February for Chinese New Year.
Jimmie P Rodgers’ soldering workshop tool advice
Once you get above a certain quality level of iron, it doesn’t matter for through-hole soldering. You can get good soldering joints from irons that cost less than $10 quite easily.
AVRSimon Game Kit – Parallax continues towards more Open Source Hardware products
This HUGE news, Parallax has an open source hardware kit out (their first) – the “AVRSimon Game Kitâ€. It was made by Joe Grand – based on the MAKE kit and “All contents of this kit are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)â€. It’s AVR too, this is interesting if you’re […]
O’Reilly coverage of iPad launch
Over on oreilly.com they’re covering the iPad launch with a dedicated section that includes developer articles and video. If you feel like you’re not getting enough iPhone coverage from the current media onslaught, check back throughout the week as new content is posted.