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Relay computer two

Relay computer two

Jon writes – Why on earth build a relay computer when there are already computers over a hundred thousand times faster? Well, for two reasons: to prove that silicon is not magic and because I want to. The simple relay adder was built using free NOS relays sometime in 2005, but my goal was to […]

Make your own multitouch displays and software apps

Make your own multitouch displays and software apps

Multitouch display technology has been gaining a lot of visibility recently, both with Microsoft’s Surface interactive tabletop displays and the iPhone’s slick gesture-based interface. Ignoring some of the particulars, the guts behind this technology is relatively simple, and you can make you own multitouch interactive display for little over the cost of a projector (the […]