Kill Bill
Active Member
This is a part of a series of DIY Computers.
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First you will need a following:
Cardboard Box
-Piece of Clear Flat Sturdy Material (ie. Glass, acrylic, plexiglas)
-Paper (ie. printer paper, tracing paper, almost any paper)
-Webcam or Video Camera (Any webcam should work)
-Optional Picture Frame
Requirements:
Computer running XP or Linux prehaps
Total Cost: 5$/Euro - 50$/Euro ETC basicly you will almost get it for under 50 Anything.
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Get your piece of clear flat meterial (Mentioned above) And Cut the sheet of paper to fit the glass and tape it using clear tape. (Not making the sticking too much as it will result in a bad touch pad later on. Get your cardboard box tape the flaps up if needed to make box taller. Cut a hole through the box so a USB 2.0 or DV Camera Cable could fit through. Place the camera in the box and making sure its facing upwards (Where the camera its self is) So if you plugged it in you would see your self. And tape it to the box. Pull the cable through the hole you made and make sure it wont fall back in the box. (If you have a webcam thats Cord powered(As in a way you would power a pc make a cut for that) Place the glass with paper on the top of it and tape it(Again make sure it will stick but don't over do it) or put the glass on a frame and just tape the entire frame onto the box(Suggested). Now plug the webcam into the computer and install your web cam drivers (If not done) Then download the multi track pad application from here http://nuispace.com/ss/MTmini package v1.zip . Install it and boom your off. Check out this video:
Special thanks to the front page of youtube displaying this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpr3W-YmcQ
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First you will need a following:
Cardboard Box
-Piece of Clear Flat Sturdy Material (ie. Glass, acrylic, plexiglas)
-Paper (ie. printer paper, tracing paper, almost any paper)
-Webcam or Video Camera (Any webcam should work)
-Optional Picture Frame
Requirements:
Computer running XP or Linux prehaps
Total Cost: 5$/Euro - 50$/Euro ETC basicly you will almost get it for under 50 Anything.
--------Setup----------
Get your piece of clear flat meterial (Mentioned above) And Cut the sheet of paper to fit the glass and tape it using clear tape. (Not making the sticking too much as it will result in a bad touch pad later on. Get your cardboard box tape the flaps up if needed to make box taller. Cut a hole through the box so a USB 2.0 or DV Camera Cable could fit through. Place the camera in the box and making sure its facing upwards (Where the camera its self is) So if you plugged it in you would see your self. And tape it to the box. Pull the cable through the hole you made and make sure it wont fall back in the box. (If you have a webcam thats Cord powered(As in a way you would power a pc make a cut for that) Place the glass with paper on the top of it and tape it(Again make sure it will stick but don't over do it) or put the glass on a frame and just tape the entire frame onto the box(Suggested). Now plug the webcam into the computer and install your web cam drivers (If not done) Then download the multi track pad application from here http://nuispace.com/ss/MTmini package v1.zip . Install it and boom your off. Check out this video:
Special thanks to the front page of youtube displaying this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpr3W-YmcQ
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