Factum Vicesimus Quartus » tutorial

Low cost multitouch coolness (1)

Wietse Veenstra — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:08:04 +0000

I noticed a very interesting tutorial video (embedded below) last week from Seth Sandler on how to create your own low cost multitouch device. I followed along with the tutorial and had my own device working within a few minutes.

The only things you need are a cardboard box, a web cam (I use a Sweex WC050, 1.3 mega pixels), a piece of glass or plexiglas (I bought a photo frame for about 6 euros, size: A4), a piece of A4 white printing paper and a pc with preferably a dual core processor (but my single core computer does the trick quite good too). Once you get your device up and running, the only thing you have to do is download the MTmini software package and you’ve got yourself some serious multitouch coolness at home!

I’m eager to start experimenting with some multitouch work in Flex and will write a follow up on this when I have something worth showing. Thanks Seth, for sharing this great tutorial! Multitouch just got way more accessible!

View From Youtube

B.T.W. Seth also has a great PDF document on how to get started on his blog!

ShareThis

*update: Installation guide for Apache, MySQL, PHP and RoR

Wietse Veenstra — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:38:10 +0000

Last night I finished the updating and translation of my installation guide for Apache, MySQL, PHP and Ruby On Rails. There were some slight errors in the previous version which have now been corrected (thnx for the comments). And it’s available in English now. The Dutch version: read/download here The English version: read/download here Please let me know if you run into errors while installing from my guide or if you find any typing errors, etc.

ShareThis

Installationguide for Apache, MySQL, PHP and RoR

Wietse Veenstra — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:13:04 +0000

This morning I finished the new and improved version of my installation guide for Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHPMyAdmin and Ruby On Rails. I’ve put it online here (PDF). I hope it will be of some help to you. It’s based on a Windows environment and for now it’s available in Dutch. I will try to translate it to English soon. Keep checking my blog for updates. And feel free to leave a comment if you discovered an error in the guide or have a suggestion.

ShareThis

Integrating Flex 2 and Ruby On Rails

Wietse Veenstra — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:09:32 +0000

I found an interesting article on the Adobe.com website about integration of Ruby On Rails and Flex 2.0. The article can be found here: Integrating Flex 2 and Ruby On Rails

ShareThis

booting WEBrick…

Wietse Veenstra — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:08:03 +0000

Yesterday I installed Ruby On Rails (ROR). On our CMDwiki someone said we should install InstantRails, which has an Apache Webserver and MySQL DB support embedded. But as I already have Apache, MySQL and PHP running on my pc and laptop, I decided to install it according to the tutorial video’s about ROR I downloaded. After installing this successfully, I had my first encounter with Ruby today during a lesson on this subject. I am amazed to see that after only typing 3 lines (or so…), I already had a working GUI on screen. I’m very eager to continue learning Ruby On Rails. Meanwhile I found a nice article on the internet about Web 2.0. It can be found here: Article (note: the article is in Dutch…) I’m currently helping my fellow group members with the installation of AMP. Back to that! Ciao…

ShareThis