[Noisebridge-discuss] noisetable - furniture that is also a computer

[Dr. Jesus]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com> wrote:
> Today I discovered noisetable.
> Noisetable has been sitting over there, unplugged and unused, behind the
> sofas by the microscope.
> I thought it was just a table... then i discovered a power cable, then a
> monitor cable, then its usb cable.
> Then I plugged it in... the middle of the table has an embedded working
> flatpanel.
>
> Turns out the table is a complete computer running ubuntu.
> Computer's network name is even "noisetable".
> Be sure to check it out the next time you're up at noisebridge.
>
> Who else knew about noisetable?

A few months ago Alex Handy and I poked at it for a while and got it
on the network.  For a while it was on IRC too, but I guess it fell
off.

We're not sure who built it, or why.

The screen surface is a capacitive touchscreen which we weren't able
to get working.  The hardware seems to work, but Alex said there was
some problem with the X drivers.