I was going to wait till I'd had a chance to play with this before writing, but I'm just too geeked out to wait. I saw a session with Robert Hall at MAX called "Flash on Every Screen." Robert showed a lot of cool kiosk-type uses of Flash, but the things that really jazzed me were the "non-standard" input devices he was using with Flash: mag-stripe card readers, infrared distance measuring sensors, etc. He turned the audience on to Making Things, a company that supplies electronic components and the software that allows them to speak to Flash (a light-weight XML server and a Flash class library). Well, I just got my kit in the mail and can't wait to get going with it! I'll let you know where it leads me, but in the meantime, you can check out Making Things' site and more resources from Robert on his site.Flash Beyond Keyboard, Mouse & Monitor
I was going to wait till I'd had a chance to play with this before writing, but I'm just too geeked out to wait. I saw a session with Robert Hall at MAX called "Flash on Every Screen." Robert showed a lot of cool kiosk-type uses of Flash, but the things that really jazzed me were the "non-standard" input devices he was using with Flash: mag-stripe card readers, infrared distance measuring sensors, etc. He turned the audience on to Making Things, a company that supplies electronic components and the software that allows them to speak to Flash (a light-weight XML server and a Flash class library). Well, I just got my kit in the mail and can't wait to get going with it! I'll let you know where it leads me, but in the meantime, you can check out Making Things' site and more resources from Robert on his site.Reader Comments
(Page 1)3. wow that'll be so cool....if ever.
Posted at 8:14AM on Nov 22nd 2005 by professional web design specialist
1. Hey David, glad you enjoyed my session! Good to hear you got something out of it - I know your gonna enjoy the making things teleo stuff. Thanks for the coverage and the link love! :) -Rob
Posted at 9:24PM on Nov 17th 2005 by Robert M. Hall