Another one of my ideas comes to life…

Dec.06, 2004 in Gadgets, Powerbook

Several months ago, I blogged the idea to build some sort of x/y axis based USB interface to put over the screen on my 12-inch Powerbook to make it a touchscreen (can’t seem to find the post to save my life, but I assure you I did blog this idea somewhere). I offered the idea free to the blogosphere, and today I tripped across a variant of the idea born in the real world. Of course, Troll Tech has been around since before I came up with my idea, but nevertheless I enjoy seeing that my idea exists and has been created by someone who had the capabilities to actually create it. Its existence reassures me that I am, indeed, a smart guy.

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