TouchKit: modular multitouch development kit primed for DIYers

NOR_/D's TouchKit is a modular multitouch development kit that aims to "make multitouch readily available in an open source fashion." If that sounds awfully familiar, you're probably thinking of its sister project Cubit, both of which are hoping to get multitouch into the mainstream as quickly as humanly possible. The kit itself is composed of hardware and software aspects, and of course, source files are provided for poking, prodding and researching. Interested? It'll be $1,580 shipped with a "fully assembled, frameless 70- x 50-centimeter multitouch screen, a calibrated infra-red camera, and the full base software pack."

[Via Gizmag]

[Apple FTW @ Aug 25th 2008 3:07PM]

$1580!

[bill @ Aug 25th 2008 3:11PM]

70- x 50-!!!!!

[ddub @ Aug 25th 2008 3:27PM]

cm!!!!!!!!!!

[Dr Zoidberg @ Aug 25th 2008 3:28PM]

EXCLAMATION MARK!!!!!

[Dr Zoidberg @ Aug 25th 2008 3:36PM]

EXCLAMATION MARK!!!!!

[deyanimay @ Aug 25th 2008 3:57PM]

DOUBLE POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GiveMeYourTots @ Aug 25th 2008 3:19PM]

That's great for lazy DYIer! or you can build one yourself for under a grand and make it better. (Like I'm doing)

[Luke @ Aug 25th 2008 3:16PM]

multitouch!!!!!!!!!!!

[peej @ Aug 25th 2008 3:27PM]

That guy looks like Chuck Norris.

Like really, he does.

[jbcaro @ Aug 25th 2008 6:34PM]

A much younger and much thinner Chuck Norris.

[Apple ROKZ @ Aug 25th 2008 3:36PM]

true true...

[Rachel @ Aug 25th 2008 3:38PM]

Hmm. This is great and all.

But I still prefer what that Johnny Chung Lee guy who developed a driver for the Wiimote and made apps that were multitouch and pratically only used the Wiimote. So... 40-50 dollars? Better than 1580... Plus he made it open source.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/wiimote-repurposed-for-multi-point-interactive-whiteboard/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/11/work-your-wiimote-with-your-fingertips/
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

[Dr Zoidberg @ Aug 25th 2008 3:38PM]

OH DAMN!!!!! Vote it down.

[Dr Zoidberg @ Aug 25th 2008 3:40PM]

Wow, i'm really digging a ditch

[VladH @ Aug 25th 2008 3:49PM]

Kit is awesome, picture is awesome, price is ehhhh.

[bidur @ Aug 25th 2008 4:09PM]

good .. hope one day it will be more consumer friendly and cheaper !

[NXTwoThou @ Aug 25th 2008 4:09PM]

Uhm, it says projector not included so expect to put at least another grand into it.

[Tyrone p @ Aug 25th 2008 4:12PM]

That's touching really

[Dharun @ Aug 25th 2008 4:45PM]

I don't understand the joke, please explain it?

[Unisyst @ Aug 26th 2008 11:36AM]

All I can think about is an LCARS-based home automation computer terminal.

I just ... LOVE! scanning for lifeforms! Oh little lifeforms! Little lifeforms! Where, are, you. DODODODODODODEW!