Cool Mods – The Homemade Coffee Table PC
So we have all seen the the very clever Microsoft Surface coffee table PC, well check out this amazing homemade coffee table PC from moder extraordinaire Xylomn.
I built this system as part of my disseration for the final year of my Computing Science: Software Engineering degree. Its basically a table based computer system with a camera pointing down at the screen and using pattern recognition it detects user interaction and with a piece of software I wrote images, video, audio and comments sent via bluetooth to the table are plotted on a map, its designed for collaborative interaction with multiple people using it at any one time and no matter what side of the table people are at the part of the interface that person is using rotates so its the right way up for them
Here’s the specs.
- ASRock ConRoe1333
- Intel Pentium DualCore E2180
- 2GB Corsair 800MHz
- GeForce 8400GS
- 250GB HDD
- ACER 24″ Monitor
- Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000
I have to say this is a pretty clever mod, and the features that this moder has built into this cool table PC are amazing.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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March 10th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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March 10th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
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March 10th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
[...] While we wait for those Microsoftees to pull it together and get real with a shippable version of Surface, we can enjoy the valiant efforts of modders like Xylomn. This guy built his very own touchable coffee table PC with a 24-inch display and a ceiling-mounted camera for tracking hand motions. Since it’s part of his dissertation for his software engineering degree, Xylomn also worked up some custom software which allows users to beam media to the PC via Bluetooth, and then geotag it on a touchable map. The table allows for multiple users at once, and the interface part of the software rotates automatically towards whoever is grubbing up the display at that point. [Via Geeky Gadgets] [...]
March 10th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
[...] Xylomn has built a coffee table PC that features a 24-inch display and a ceiling-mounted camera for tracking hand motions. Additional features include custom software that allows users to beam media to the PC with bluetooth and geotag it on a touchable map along with an interface that rotates automatically towards whoever is eating, drinking, etc. at the display point. [GeekyGadgets] [...]
March 10th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
[...] display point. Just make sure you don’t eat off the floor while it’s directed at you. [GeekyGadgets via Laptop [...]
March 11th, 2008 at 8:40 am
Comes to something when college students can build the kind of thing that Microsoft haven’t even got to market yet!
It’s also smaller than the Microsoft Surface…
October 8th, 2008 at 1:33 am
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