Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware (2018)
We turned a MacBook into a touchscreen using only $1 of hardware and a little bit of computer vision.
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We turned a MacBook into a touchscreen using only $1 of hardware and a little bit of computer vision.
We turned a MacBook into a touchscreen using only $1 of hardware and a little bit of computer vision.
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