A Hacked Lamp Turns Multiple Mobile Devices Into a Single Giant Display

How many roving twist do you carry with you on a daily ground ? A brace of smartphones , and mayhap a tablet ? When you get to body of work that puddle for quite a few display float around , and researchers at MIT have amount up with computer software that can permit themall function as one giant touchscreen , no matter how they ’re arranged on a desk .

There is one extra piece of hardware necessitate : a depth camera - equipped desk lamp that ’s able to expect down on all the devices to traverse the position and preference of each one . This allows the software to display the proper area from a larger image — like a map or a flowchart — on each gimmick , without the overall image looking like a disunited upset mirror .

The software package and schematic drawing behind the project are being distributed as a free open - seed resource , so if you desire to render it out yourself you ’ll need a bit of tinker know - how to recognise the setup , as it ’s regrettably not as easy as just downloading an iOS or Android app onto your devices . At least not yet , because once that lamp is move out from the equivalence , this could be an fantastically useful puppet . [ HuddleLampviaUbergizmo ]