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Glove-based CRTouch project turns old monitors into touchscreens Mar 9th 2012, 09:04 As anyone who's ever played a game of Duck Hunt is aware, there are ways of directly interacting with CRT monitors that don't require any modifications to the display itself (a la resistive overlays). A group of students from the University of Hasselt in Belgium have now taken that idea further than most, however, and developed a glove-based system that uses a pair of phototransistors in the fingertips to detect the electron beam as it makes its way across the screen. While not quite "multitouch," the student's current setup (dubbed CRTouch) does let them draw on the screen with one finger and call up additional options (like an eraser or color palette) with the second. Head on past the break to check it out in action. Continue reading Glove-based CRTouch project turns old monitors into touchscreens Glove-based CRTouch project turns old monitors into touchscreens originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Hack a Day  |  Denacke (YouTube)  | Email this | Comments Is the BBC the next contestant in the quest to take on iTunes? Mar 9th 2012, 08:04 PaidContent is claiming the BBC has some pretty advanced plans to launch a video market, one meant to compete directly with the iTunes of the world. According to its source, the British Broadcasting Corporation plans to offer its vast back catalog of movies, TV shows and specials as £1.89 downloads. Though much of its newer material is already licensed through BBC Worldwide, older content is not. The idea is to make all of that material available digitally and through its own branded service. The public broadcaster even plans to offer producers a larger chunk of the profits (roughly £0.40 per episode) in an effort to get a leg up on its potential competitors. Of course, these plans could still collapse if negotiations with independent producers fall through. Or, the plans could be less grand and far more preliminary than we've been led to believe. Still, don't be shocked it the iPlayer starts telling you to buy old episodes for a couple of quid in the next few months. Is the BBC the next contestant in the quest to take on iTunes? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |  paidContent  | Email this | Comments

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