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    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
    Note for [...]

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    28

    Medieval Helpdesk

    July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

    They should have done usability tests on the manual. Hilarious!

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    addthis_title = ‘Medieval+Helpdesk’;
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    27

    Technology Healthcare Insurance

    July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment

    The field of medical technology is about to explode. Obama and the rest of our politicians are working hard on a healthcare system that is supposed to provide coverage for every American. (the Obama/Biden Health Plan PDF)
    Hospitals, Insurance companies and medical services providers are developing new, cheaper, better technologies everyday that are changing the way [...]

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    14

    Photographic Fabric

    July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments

    If it weren’t on the other side of the country, I think I would be spending alot of time hanging out at MIT. They are constantly researching and creating products that I find fascinating.
    This article was posted HERE on their news site last week.
    A Fabric with Vision
    by Elizabeth A. Thomson
    Researchers create flexible lensless camera from [...]

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    29

    Chameleon Guitar

    June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment

    MIT has created a guitar that utilizes wood and electronic sensors to imitate nearly any guitar sound. These are the same amazing researchers that have created The Sixth Sense, & Siftables
    Acoustic instruments with their wood-grain patterns produce unique sounds, but a prototype guitar built by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student combines the natural acoustics [...]

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