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Wall Mounted Touchscreen PC

January 23, 2007 | In hardware |

Wall Laptop

Hang an old laptop in the kitchen or hallway to create a touchscreen Web panel and message center.

1. Find an old laptop: Any PC or Mac will do. We used a five-year-old IBM ThinkPad.

2. Enclose it: We welded a frame out of perfor­ated steel, but you could use plastic, wood or even cardboard.

3. Add a touchscreen: The MagicTouch overlay plugs into a USB port and costs $160 at touch screens.com, but you can find similar models on eBay for as little as $40 (some require a stylus). Be sure to get one made for a laptop (not a full-size monitor) and matches your screen size.

4. Give it Wi-Fi: Use a PC-card adapter, because it leaves your USB ports free for the touchscreen and keyboard.

5. Plug in a keyboard: Instead of trying to type on the vertical laptop, we added a Logitech PlayStation keyboard to the flip-down panel, which is activated by a lever and stops at 90 degrees for easy typing.

From Popular Science Magazine’s wall mounted pc.

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