On Wed, 5 Jun 2013, Doc wrote:
3M developed something very nearly a combination of touchscreen and display
projector in the late '90s. I was working for the applied archaeology labs
at University of Texas and we got a demo/market-test model.
It was one of those things that everybody went "Ooooh SHINEY", got all
excited, then had zero use for. Accordingly, my memory of it is very hazy.
Mostly what I remember was that the Windows-only software was a clusterf**k
to use and nobody would sit still to get trained to it, so the thing sat in
the corner.
It looked like a big whiteboard on wheels, connected via serial(?) cable to
the computer. The projector displayed the Windows desktop on the board and
there were special markers to draw with. The board recorded marker strokes
to something resembling a PowerPoint presentation. IF, that is, I remember
correctly.
Does anyone remember such a thing? Did 3M ever bring it out as a product?
Doc
Sounds like a predecesor to a SMART Board, no?
http://smarttech.com/smartboard
My Mother-In-Law has one in her classroom, special markers and all!
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Jason
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