Engineers at Eyebeam , a New York humanities and technology center , are drastically reduce the cost of ownership for multitouch tables by demand them open - author . schematic drawing for the Cubit , a multitouch tabletop exhibit , are available online for hoi polloi who want to make a scale - downMicrosoft Surfacefor one tenth part the Surface ’s Leontyne Price .
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The Cubit is a boxy tabletop with a clear surface . All a potential multitouch board possessor needs to get started is a webcam with an infrared filter and a little image projector . Plug in the webcam , add the Cubit software , turn on the projector and start poignant .
Eyebeam fellows Addie Wagenknetch and Stefan Hechenberger say they were free the Cubit in order of magnitude to “ prove that anyone could build [ a multitouch tabular array ] . ” Besides offering the designs and software online , the two are selling DIY kits that include parts and instructions .
The Cubit was on showing at theMaker Faire , along with several other open - generator multitouch project . Though open - reference has long been focalize on software , it looks like DIYers , like Eyebeam andBug Labs , are now claim the philosophy into the land of ironware as well . [ Technology Review ]
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