PUpunnerud·Feb 6, 2023Submission
Turn a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware
3 points · Open discussionbijection
sistine
Python2018–2023
bijection / sistine
sistine
Turn a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware
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Turn a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
5 sourcesYou can use the same trick to make a touch screen for any laptop with a webcam! https://github.com/bijection/sistine
The mirror system isn't quite as macgyvered though :)
In Teacher's low-tech laptop hack to display handwritten notes for online classTurn a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware
147 points · Open discussionIt's public now: https://github.com/bijection/sistine
It's currently lacking detailed instructions and stuff, but you can expect to see more in the coming week.
In Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of HardwareWe just made the source code public: 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.
In Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware