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More cool tricks with the iPhone

while we were pluggin away on the big stuff cc (@cclaan) whipped out another really great iphone app called light writer. grab it on iTunes. You can also see it in action with some pics on flickr and if you are the socially motivated type join the facebook group .

The whole app works on a pretty basic premise – POV – persistence of vision (read all about it on wikipedia ). You have probably seen the effect on one of those toy clocks and if you are make fan you should check out all the cool project like this one with a bike wheel.

Of course with the iphone you done have as high of a refresh rate so using this takes a bit of practice and it works best in low light (again see the pics). and for photography its just plain ol’ cool.


16 Comments

good stuff

  Posted by airboy - 20 March 2009 @ 12pm

the stuff you guys come up with

  Posted by gfisher - 20 March 2009 @ 12pm

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Why doesn't this work on an iPod touch? Good idea though, wish I could download it.

  Posted by Jake - 20 March 2009 @ 7pm

jake, it should work with 2nd gen ipod touches, 1st gen will be supported in the next update

  Posted by cclaan - 20 March 2009 @ 7pm

Do you have any pointers as to a loose release date of this update?

  Posted by Dom - 21 March 2009 @ 6pm

im hoping it's only a few days

  Posted by cclaan - 21 March 2009 @ 6pm

I'm also really interested in getting this for the 1st Gen Touch. Can't imagine what the 1st & 2nd Gen iPhone and 2nd Gen Touch have that the 1st Gen Touch doesn't.

  Posted by phoomp - 2 April 2009 @ 10am

can you make it for the G1 android platform too?

  Posted by fuelafire - 10 April 2009 @ 12pm

Lady Ada had this stuff worked out using a separate device: http://www.ladyada.net/make/minipov3/index.html and http://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/index.html

  Posted by fuelafire - 10 April 2009 @ 12pm

I can't get a search result for light writer or lann or POV that is related to your program at apple itune iphone web page. I don't have an I phone but coworker does and he is interested in it, I've always had a bug for POV stuff..

  Posted by Dave B - 7 July 2009 @ 9am

I think the independent apps at iPhone is taking the world by storm.

  Posted by Hotel Consultants - 9 July 2009 @ 11am

This looks awesome! And another prove that we have to think out of the “this is what a phone needs” box …

  Posted by haraldf - 21 August 2009 @ 10pm

True. And its a trend that's getting hotter and hotter by the day. Thanks to the creative minds behind them.

  Posted by Mailing list Australia - 14 September 2009 @ 4pm

Its great! My friends were awe inspired when they saw me do it. Try it and surely your friends' jaws will be left hanging on the floor.

  Posted by Behavior based safety software - 19 September 2009 @ 1pm

[...] Einen ist da Light Writer, mit dem man mit ein bisschen Übung große Wörter und Bilder allein durch schnelles [...]

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