[Opensource] Using a Wii-mote to make an interactive whiteboard

[Donna Benjamin]

Hi all,

A chap called Johnny Chung Lee has created software that allows you to
use a Wii-mote to create a cheap IWB.

This website contains links to the software
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/johnny/projects/wii/ 

But Check out these videos which tell the story:

Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote
 http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ

Johnny Lee demos his Wii Remote software which transform the $40 game
piece into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D
viewer and gets a multi standing ovation.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/245 
It demonstrates how cheap technology can become literally over-night.

This video shows a couple of Education applications...
 http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=thGWWa70JfY

Local Open Source Software Hacker, Rusty Russell - reimplemented the
basic code for Linux - and created a game called Pong Hero - seen and
filmed at Open Day at linux.conf.au earlier this year.

Rusty Pong on You Tube http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=mkfiXCY55qU
How he did it: http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/ponghero/ 
including how to make the light pens:
http://ozlabs.org/~rusty/ponghero/irpen/



-- 
Donna Benjamin
Director - Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au
Executive Director - Creative Contingencies http://cc.com.au

"Open Source is arguably the most significant movement in the software
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and the importance of Open Source solutions to government and business
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