Comments on: Inamo case study

By: bernie

bernie — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:48:13 +0000

A lot of people ask this question :o) There are a couple of reasons. Firstly, this project predates the iPad, and such technology wasn’t available then. Only very recently have large, thin, capacitive touch screens become available. And they’re very expensive, and fragile, and still not quite big enough for a 4 person restaurant table. Secondly, even if we did use a capacitive membrane in addition to an overhead projector to make a large robust touch screen, as you relax and eat at a table you touch the table with your skin all the time.

By: Baraja

Baraja — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:30:52 +0000

Hi Bernie,
a question, why did the table have a mouse pointer and NOT a full touch screen for dragging images and selections, while making the touch sensors to be responsive only to skin (to avoid issues with plates and other stuff could be placed on table).
so was there a specific reason you chose to use a small corner on the table as the moouse-kinda control?

By: Carl-Erik

Carl-Erik — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:35:16 +0000

This is a really inspiring project. I am not sure very many coders would be able to program the whole stack from the mouse driver and up to the visuals. Quite outstanding. Thanks for posting it.

By: Toussaint

Toussaint — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:20:42 +0000

Man, this awesome!!! Really, there’s innovation here! Keep up the good work!

By: Tre Giles

Tre Giles — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:06:15 +0000

Amazing. Just… amazing.