[squeak-dev] Squeak on tablets

Casey Ransberger casey.obrien.r at gmail.com
Wed Jun 19 02:50:18 UTC 2013


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On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:54 PM, OpenSlate ChalkDust <
openslateproj at gmail.com> wrote:

<big snip>

Now autocad yourself a nice enclosure, and have Shapeways 3D print it. Put
>> the bits together, USB wifi module optional!
>>
>
> Interesting how 3D printing has changed the custom fabrication scene. Ten
> years ago I saw self made student slates as a new kind of industrial arts
> class. Where I took wood shop and metal shop, these kids would create slate
> enclosures. I guess 3D printing would move the same concept forward one
> generation and be a whole lot safer.
>

That's still a great idea. Wood shop and metal shop are still great, and
most prototypes are made from things lying around (unless you have your own
3D printer, turnaround time on getting a mold shipped back isn't stellar.)
You could actually combine the approaches if you had access to a 3D scanner.

I like the way you think! Anyway I want Squeak, Cuis, Scratch, Etoys, and
probably MuO running on a tablet at some point, and implementing gestures
and such has been on my mind for awhile. I don't currently have a tablet,
otherwise I'd probably be hacking on this stuff. (Unless you count the
iPhone, and I don't, because anything starting with 'i' and not ending in
'Mac' is not a usefully programmable computer.)

-- 
Casey Ransberger
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