From Wiimote to “wiiteboard”

By  | 2/12/2008 | Filed under: Technology

Johnny Chung Lee at Carnegie Mellon University created a couple innovative uses for the relatively cheap Nintendo Wii Remote. Most impressively, by combining a Wiimote, an LCD projector, and a little C# programming, he created a low-cost, multi-touch whiteboard system:

More (including videos of other cool stuff you can do with your Wii) at his project page…

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Dr. John Moravec is a faculty member in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development and the Innovation Studies/Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs at the University of Minnesota. He is the principal of Education Futures LLC; a co-founder of the Horizon Forum, a roundtable on the future of education at all levels; and is the editor of Education Futures. He can be emailed at john@educationfutures.com.

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