Bob Ross “The Joy of Painting” Smartphone and Tablet Apps
I just thought you all should know that a Bob Ross app now exists for iPhone, iPad, and Android.
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How-To: Tablet Carrier Bag
Blogging on the go? Indulging in a quiet moment at your favorite coffee shop? Make a cute carrying case for your must-have electronics with this tablet bag sewing pattern and tutorial!
How I Built a Raspberry Pi Tablet
Nearly every computer manufacturer makes a tablet computer. I wanted one based that ran Linux and was based on the Raspberry Pi. They don’t sell that. So I made one.
Stainless steel sharpie iPad stylus
Folks looking for a good looking stylus for their tablet/smartphone will love this variation on the standard capacitive touch stylus. Designer and mobile UX pro Craig Villamor whipped together this handsome stainless steel sharpie mod by gutting the refill housing with a drill bit and cramming a Pogo Sketch stylus in the remaining cavity. Conceivably one could forego the additional stylus and just use some conductive foam.
MacBook tablet mod
Check out this clean MacBook tablet conversion by EnigmaPenguin. He’s re-used the case by cutting a hole large enough for the screen to show through and added a USB touch screen. The result is rather impressive for such a cheap mod.
Inexpensive tablet wall mount
Sometimes you have a real need to mount your tablet computer to a wall or other vertical surface. That’s where common sense and good old fashioned ingenuity comes in. Seattle area foodie and avid DIY’er, Tumbleweed, shows us that you needn’t spend exorbitant amounts of money on some specialized billet aluminum wall mounting kit. A $2.84 “Delux Plate Hanger Set” will do the trick.
Dirt cheap $50 Android tablet prototype
Seriously, I’ve spent more on dirt for our backyard garden than you’d end up paying for this tablet from Allgo Systems. Technology demonstrations, such as in the accompanying video, lower barriers of entry and expose new possibilities that normally wouldn’t exist. For a few dollars more than the leading name brand microcontroller board you could have a complete system with I/O, display, storage, etc. I know it’s like comparing apples to oranges, but it does get you wondering. What sort of projects would you build with access to cut-rate tablet hardware like this?
