Re: [school-discuss] Wiimote Interactive Whiteboard: IR Penlight

["James P. Kinney III" <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good work. 

I was thinking that a generic laser pointer would make a decent starting
point (no pun intended). They usually have a side mounted momentary
contact switch. Might need some quick drill work to make the exit hole
large enough for a new led.
On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 17:40 -0500, John Mitchell wrote:
> My family got a Wii just this Christmas and I learned from this list 
> about Johnny Lee's Wiiboard. His pen prototype lacks a great deal to be 
> desired, especially when it comes to power. After digging around my 
> pen/pencil drawer I found a cheap pen that had great possibilities. The 
> internal battery is a AAAA. I cannibalized an old mouse to retrieve the 
> momentary switch. I plan on making another one this weekend as my wife 
> had a large stash of them at the school which she teaches. I have 
> successfully used my prototype in a non-classroom environment but am 
> planning to video a session with my wife's kindergarten class next week. 
> I'll post more as I complete it.
> 
> See my pen prototype at 
> http://k12connections.net/class/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/irpen.JPG
> 
> John Mitchell
> 
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