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Open-Source Multitouch Display
shankar writes "Engineers at Eyebeam, an art and technology center based in New York, have created a scaled-down open-source version of Surface, called Cubit. By sharing the Cubit's hardware schematics and software source code, the engineers are significantly reducing the cost of owning a multitouch table. 'Multitouch displays are not new technology; in fact, they've been built in research labs for decades. Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs created an iconic multitouch table called DiamondTouch; more recently, Jeff Han, founder of Perceptive Pixel, based in New York, developed wall-sized multitouch screens that he sells to corporations and major government agencies. But because of the falling costs of many touch-screen components, such as infrared light sources and small cameras and projectors, it's now becoming feasible for people without access to a lab or venture-capital money to make their own multitouch displays.'"
After clicking there to "skip this ad", I was nearly able to find a few swatches that weren't completely covered in ads. Y'all who use adblocker will laugh at massive tracts of land that are white on your screen.
...and so can a 17 year old kid: http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/02/bridger.maxwell.multitouch/ And he used a Mac. Much cooler.