Saral Tayal

Very sorry for the late reply,I wish you the best of luck with your build. Yes, a touch panel can be added as you mentioned. Do note that there are 2 types of pannels, capacitive and ressistive. Ressistive is very easy to implement, but leaves a small air gap with a plasticky finish. The capacitive is glass based and doens't have an air bubble but is much more finicky and expensive to implement.

Thanks!

Thanks!I am not using an ultra wide screen, I am using a traditional 16:9 screen.The project took me a few weeks to build.

Any windows version will work as long as it supported by rainmeter. (Windows 7 is, XP isn't) :)

That's totally understandable. This is just a fun guide to inspire people. If you really want to try it but are too afraid, you can go to a local repair shop and ask them to professionally help you remove the back panel!

Looks really cool. Maybe you could find some way to use a magnet to move the nuts and bolts inside the bottle to setup the puzzle

Really cool build. Would love to try making it!

Is that the case? I haven't looked deeply into touch monitor options, but I have seen how screens in touchscreen laptops and smartphones that don't have bezels could be a straight drop in upgrade. Looking online, these desktop monitors seem to have touch without a bezel. Can you see if these would fit your use case?https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9...https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N...https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N...https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9...

Thanks for the clarification. I will updated my Instructable to reflect this. :)

Yes, you are right! However, I also have a leap motion attached which uses my hand movement to move the cursor making it a gesture based mouse.

Since the glass would be touching the capacitive screen's glass, the touch would work. Think of mobile phones that also use tempered glass screen protectors that don't hinder the touch sensitivity

Since the glass would be touching the capacitive screen's glass, the touch would work. Think of mobile phones that also use tempered glass screen protectors that don't hinder the touch sensitivity. Still I would recommend that you try a small cut out of the glass you plan on using on top of the surface of your monitor to make sure it works.

One more thing I forgot to mention, I am using the leap motion to control the cursor in that image. Apps like GameWave and Mudra Mouse allow you to use your leap motion as a mouse

Amazing build. Knocked it outta the park on this one!

Rain meter is actually quite easy to run even on old and cheap hardware. An old surface would be more than powerful enough and comes with the added benefit that you might not need to disassemble it because of it's small footprint. You could also directly add a one way film to the screen and call it a day because of how the surface has a really good touchscreen built in! Let me know how the project goes!

Glad you liked the project! The cost for me was solely purchasing a second hand monitor (20$), getting the glass in my dimensions (20$) and the one way mirror film(5$). All in all it was under 50$ for me. But again depending on what you have at home, it'll cost you more or less than it cost me.

Haha, thanks. Glad you loved it that much!

Glad to help. Share your project with me when you're done!

I doubt that would be possible. You would need at least a two motor setup and a less flexible longboard for that to work well. Thanks!