MIT Junkyard Jumbotron display project - e pluribus unum

Posted on Tuesday, March 15 2011 @ 4:15 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
MIT researchers shown off the Junkyard Jumbotron, a technology that lets you take a bunch of random screens and stitch them together into one, large virtual display.
The Junkyard Jumbotron lets you take a bunch of random displays and instantly stitch them together into a large, virtual display, simply by taking a photograph of them (check out this video ). It works with laptops, smartphones, tablets --- anything that runs a web browser. It also highlights a new way of connecting a large number of heterogenous devices to each other in the field, on an ad-hoc basis.


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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