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A week or so ago, I mentioned a multi-touch screen UI that I would like to play with at some stage.

Whilst I suspect that this might take some time to filter through to consumer devices, a similar device has been been created using LED arrays as a touch receptor. There’s a very interesting video on it’s utilisation available here.

For those that like hacking hardware, this looks like it would be a fun project.

[via MAKE:Blog]

Technorati Tags: multi-touch, ui, led, make

As I’ve mentioned previously, my laptop is getting a bit long in the tooth. Given the success of my Mac Mini experiment and the recent release of new Apple hardware, I’ve decided to give the Mac platform a go for my primary machine.

To this end, a couple of weeks ago, an order for a shiny MacBook Pro was submitted.

During this time, I’ve been reading up on the hardware, the OS and some applications I would like to try out like Coverflow and NetNewsWire (and I found a place to find more)!

It’s amazing how quickly the internet community has moved on this. I’ve already witnessed the unboxing and the disassembly of one of these things - they’ve only been shipping for around a week.

Now all I have to do is wait for mine to turn up so I can finish the Switch. Any pointers to interesting software, stuff or tips are welcomed

PS - I wonder if this will be me in a couple of weeks….

[via Engadget and Dan]

Technorati Tags: netnewswire, coverflow, apple, osx, mac, macbook

Update: Looks like a better MacBook disassembly guide has been published. I can’t believe how small the motherboard is!

Something tells me this would be fun to mess with.

Minority Report, eat your heart out!

[via Vic Divecha's Official Tech Blog]