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Do It Yourself Interactive Technologies

Do It Yourself Interactive Technologies. D o I t Y ourself. “ DIY questions the supposed uniqueness of the expert's skills, and promotes the ability of the ordinary person to learn to do more than he or she thought was possible.”. Project #1. Interactive Whiteboard using a Wii Remote.

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Do It Yourself Interactive Technologies

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  1. Do It Yourself Interactive Technologies

  2. Do It Yourself “DIY questions the supposed uniqueness of the expert's skills, and promotes the ability of the ordinary person to learn to do more than he or she thought was possible.”

  3. Project #1 Interactive Whiteboard using a Wii Remote

  4. Project #1 Interactive Whiteboard using a Wii Remote How it works? Projector Projected Screen Wii Remote Wii Remote Bluetooth Conection (to communicate with your computer) Wii Remote InfraRed Receiver

  5. Project #1 Interactive Whiteboard using a Wii Remote • Wii Remote – U$40,00 • InfraRed Light Pen – Less than U$1 • Bluetooth USB Adaptor – U$7 • Download freeware drivers and software What do you need?

  6. Project #1 Interactive Whiteboard using a Wii Remote How to Build a IR Light Pen Check out our final result!

  7. Project #1 Interactive Whiteboard using a Wii Remote Softwares used Kindlelab: an alternative to notebook software Smoothboard: the driver and orientantion for the light pen

  8. Project #2 Multi-Touch Tablet

  9. Project #2 Multi-Touch Tablet How it works

  10. Project #2 Multi-Touch Tablet • Acrylic/Polycarbonate/Plexiglass • Infrared LEDs (or similar infrared light source) • Compliant Surface (silicone rubber, Sorta Clear 40, Elastosil, Lexel, etc. ) • Projection Surface (if you want to build a touchable screen) • Infrared Camera/Modified Webcam What do you need?

  11. Project #2 Multi-Touch Tablet How to Build: LED Frame

  12. Project #2 Multi-Touch Tablet How to Build Webcam placement: below the touch surface Wide angle lens attached

  13. Project #2 Multi-Touch Tablet How to Build IR filter removal Calibration Software

  14. Project #2 Multi-Touch Tablet Alternatives

  15. Multi-Touch Tablet Alternative Technologies Diffused Illumination Laser Light Plane

  16. Project usages Interactive Whiteboard • Same as commercial versions of interactive whiteboards such as SmartBoard, HetchBoard, Promethean, etc. Multi-touch Tablet • A new approach to Introduce ICT to young children with interactive and touchable resources.

  17. D.I.Y. Projects Pros and Cons Strong points • Low cost • Easy to build • Large online community Weak points • Supportless software • Still being developed

  18. Good reference sites D.I.Y • http://www.instructables.com/ • http://makezine.com/ • http://www.wikihow.com/ • http://www.doityourself.com/ About the Projects • http://www.wiimoteproject.com/ • http://nuigroup.com/

  19. Credits Check out now and then our progress and feel free to contact us anytime! • Roberto Del Cistia – rcistia@britishschool.g12.br • Felipe Bordalo - fbordalo@britishschool.g12.br • Murillo Neder - mneder@britishschool.g12.br • Jorge Luiz Santos - jlsantos@britishschool.g12.br • Izabel Duarte • http://tbsprojects.blogspot.com/ (under construction)

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