Here’s an interesting write up for a project to build a Cintiq-like interactive pen tablet.
This is hybrid screen/graphics tablet which makes me drool. The price however makes me weep, £2000ish for the 20†version. They also do a thing called the PL at 17†for a more reasonable £500ish. Occasionally they appear on the site in their bargain basement ex-demo section. Still hard for me to justify though.
Then I had one of those “spang†moments. None of the tech involved is new and all is readily available second hand, it’s just a matter of putting it together. My Wacom at work will happily operate with the stylus off the surface, after that it’s just an LCD screen, right? Anyhow where’s the fun in just buying something?
The finished product:
- Link (via hack a day)