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Jul
31
Create an Interactive Whiteboard for Under $100
July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
You can turn each of your existing labs or classrooms with ceiling mounted projectors into interactive smartboards? And you can do it for around $55.
Wiimote: $39.76 http://www.walmart.com
Penteractive casing: $8.00 http://penteractive.us
Penteractive IR pen: $9.00 http://penteractive.us
Penteractive also sells the holder for the Wii remote too now.
Sunpak tripod: $29.99 http://www.amazon.com
Wiimote Whiteboard software: free PC
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/
Wiimote Whiteboard software: free Mac
http://www.uweschmidt.org/wiimote-whiteboard
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Jul
28
Suspicious Fire Destroys Edgewood Drop In Center
July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
On July 22, a fire started around 4 o’clock in the morning and completely destroyed the drop in center located in San Bruno. The full story can be found on the ABC local website.
I worked for Edgewood Center for many years and know first hand what great services they provide for Bay Area Communities. For [...]
Jul
28
Medieval Helpdesk
July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
They should have done usability tests on the manual. Hilarious!
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Jul
28
Suicides on Golden Gate Bridge
July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
While not exactly an uplifting topic, these are two of the most interesting looks at how people choose to end their lives on one of the most beautiful American Bridges.
This infographic from The Chronicle was made by Todd Trumbull was in a story in the SFGate. See the original here.
It is a great use of [...]
Jul
27
Infographics as Art
July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Röyksopp – Remind me
Sweet use of infographics as a music video.
Description from the YouTube Rodadroll site: Directed by the French motion graphics studio H5. It features a day in the life of a woman working in the London’s Square Mile solely through infographics; this includes labeled close-ups of everyday objects, product lifecycles, schematic diagrams, charts, [...]
