August 12 2009: The Beginning

Ok, so I was sitting at work, browsing the internet. I was using Firefox with StumbleUpon. I came across a Youtube video of a multi-touch screen. I've been looking for a project for a while (one that wouldn't be too expensive, but still worthwhile. I did some research and found a tutorial on Maximum PC, which then also sent me to the NUI forum; a forum dedicated to multi-touch DIY.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/maximum_pc_builds_a_multitouch_surface_computer

http://nuigroup.com/forums/

I also found a blog from a (then) 17 year old, who built one of these surfaces, FieryFerret.

http://blog.fieryferret.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

From the blog, I decided to download Google Sketchup. I came up with three designs, although I don't know if the second is possible (due to camera angle). I'm including the pictures below.



Version 1: The big arcade-like box.









Version 2. The monitor (potentially impossible due to camera angle).










Version 3. The desktop box. My current plan.