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Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by qarioz »

shade23 wrote: post #99
sixdimensional wrote: post #15

Actually, this just gave me a crazy idea... what if laptop manufacturers included something low powered like a boogie board device on the outside of the screen, which could write / save directly to some small internal storage of the laptop, and then the resulting notes could be accessible via the laptop when turned on? Kind of like.. a poor man's tablet on the outside of a laptop? I wonder the cost of that vs. touch…

You seem to be referring to something like the yota phone. https://yotaphone.com/

I do wish there's an android phone with just e-ink screen. Don't care about latency as long as the battery life is great.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by CN7R »

sumitgt wrote: post #34
sixdimensional wrote: post #15

Actually, this just gave me a crazy idea... what if laptop manufacturers included something low powered like a boogie board device on the outside of the screen, which could write / save directly to some small internal storage of the laptop, and then the resulting notes could be accessible via the laptop when turned on? Kind of like.. a poor man's tablet on the outside of a laptop? I wonder the cost of that vs. touch…

But, in that case, how would it be different from just drawing on my Surface with my surface pen? It's kinda exactly what you need.

I feel like buying a Surface just to have drawing capabilities is expensive -- why not just make a screen ascessory that lays onto of your keyboard (or not) and plugs in via USB-C?

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#105

Post by hota_mazi »

fluxem wrote: post #58

I think it's a terrible idea. First, marker ink would be smudge all over backpack. Second, it's on the other side of the laptop! You wrote an algorithm on sketchcase and want to implement it. Well, now you have turn your laptop around every time too see it.

Pfft, use a mirror.

devlos melborP

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by component »

asteli wrote: post #57

When I had a non-unibody Macbook Pro, I would actually doodle with a dry-erase marker directly onto my (glass) screen. This was handy for making small annotations as I was pondering designs, PCB layouts, etc. Unfortunately for my screen-doodling habit, new MacBooks have some kind of coating (AR? Oleophobic?) that causes the marker's fluid to bead up, ruining the effect.

> Unfortunately for my screen-doodling habit, new MacBooks have some kind of coating (AR? Oleophobic?) that causes the marker's fluid to bead up, ruining the effect.

I can confirm, my mid 2014 MBP screen is _ruined_. Tried alcohol, screen wipers (which actually made it worse)

I am this close to using a detergent (I know I shouldn't). Any suggestions?

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

#107

Post by hota_mazi »

chris_7 wrote: post #17

Stickers on laptops usually make Jony Ive sad, and he's sad enough already being locked in that white room with one set of clothes. But this one is much better, because it occupies the entire laptop!

And yet, the newer laptops require a USB hub to be functional, which means you have this thing dangling from your laptop like a condom that was freshly used.

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by [deleted] »

hota_mazi wrote: post #105
fluxem wrote: post #58

I think it's a terrible idea. First, marker ink would be smudge all over backpack. Second, it's on the other side of the laptop! You wrote an algorithm on sketchcase and want to implement it. Well, now you have turn your laptop around every time too see it.

Pfft, use a mirror. devlos melborP

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Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by agumonkey »

sixdimensional wrote: post #15

Actually, this just gave me a crazy idea... what if laptop manufacturers included something low powered like a boogie board device on the outside of the screen, which could write / save directly to some small internal storage of the laptop, and then the resulting notes could be accessible via the laptop when turned on? Kind of like.. a poor man's tablet on the outside of a laptop? I wonder the cost of that vs. touch…

Here http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/01/28/lenovo-yoga-book-2-in...

Re: Whiteboard sticker for your laptop

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Post by akovaski »

hota_mazi wrote: post #105
fluxem wrote: post #58

I think it's a terrible idea. First, marker ink would be smudge all over backpack. Second, it's on the other side of the laptop! You wrote an algorithm on sketchcase and want to implement it. Well, now you have turn your laptop around every time too see it.

Pfft, use a mirror. devlos melborP

You could also use the front-facing camera on a phone as a mirror in a pinch.
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