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Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware
- anishathalye 9y agoHi HN! This blog post is about Project Sistine, a hack that I worked on with @antimatter15, @bijection, and @logane. We turned a MacBook into a touchscreen using only $1 of hardware (a small mirror, some pieces of a rigid paper plate, and a door hinge). We built this prototype some time ago, but we never wrote up the details of how we did it, and so we thought we should share. We're happy to answer any questions you might have about the project!
- alva 9y agoFantastic project. Well done.
- defterGoose 9y agoThis is very clever, kudos.
- MR4D 9y agoBrilliant execution!
- jaequery 9y agoi dont get impressed easily but this is impressive!
- cvaidya1986 9y agoIngenious!
- pomatic 9y agoWould love to replicate this, any chance of publishing the source?
- anishathalye 9y agoIt's public now: https://github.com/bijection/sistine https://github.com/bijection/sistine It's currently lacking detailed instructions and stuff, but you can expect to see more in the coming week.
- Multicomp 9y agoVery very clever - good job and I certainly see a market for this!
- addicted 9y agoThis is cool. Thanks for sharing. Its always fun to see such interesting applications of basic ideas coming together to do something one wouldn't think is possible.
- DanielleMolloy 9y agoSo cool. I hope you release some DIY instructions (and code?). I'd love to build this.
- anishathalye 9y agoWe just made the source code public: https://github.com/bijection/sistine https://github.com/bijection/sistine We're planning on adding more instructions to the GitHub repo over the coming week, to make it easier for people to replicate our hardware setup. Among other things, Kevin's developed a slightly easier-to-manufacture version that doesn't require a door hinge.
- hardmaru 9y agoI want something like this on my MacBook and not the stupid touch bar.
- seba_dos1 9y ago"Something like this" - you mean a touchscreen? There are plenty of laptops with them on the market.
- kirankn 9y agoVery impressive..
- nullnvoid 9y agoHttps://www.playosmo.com/en/shopping Osmo iPad reflector, fits well on Mac circa 2017.