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This is a video showing the build of the Welikesmall iPod wall. It was made from 20 iPods over the course of about three weeks in our spare time. Tasks included building and designing the wooden box, programming an iPhone application that runs off the Game Kit framework, hacking a USB hardware fan together, developing a Python / Django web server application, and designing a quick UI. To keep the wall constantly powered we used a Cambrionix B2 USB powered hub.

Our current iPhone Application allows for 4 different modes, a screen saver mode, a full image split mode (the controlling iPod looks for an image and then the server executes a script to split that image among all 20 iPods), a single image grid mode (the controlling iPod tells the server to give a random image to each iPhone), and a hybrid mode which displays all three. In addition, the server is always checking to ensure that each iPod is synched.

Future releases will allow all sorts of external user interaction. Stay tuned.

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  • Geoffrey Grosenbach plus 1 year ago
    Impressive!

    $200 * 20 = $4,000

    Or did you have 20 unused iPods laying around?
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  • Balind Sieber plus 1 year ago
    Nicely done
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  • welikesmall plus 1 year ago
    I don't want to disclose our cost but it was much less... We hooked up a good deal on the last version of ipod touchs. Thanks for the compliments guys.
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  • Pete Hawkes 1 year ago
    wicked cool.
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  • John Schuchard plus 1 year ago
    very fun, now you get to enjoy writing for it too!
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  • Tim Bromhead 1 year ago
    One word: iPad!
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  • Arthur Ceballos 1 year ago
    i must say i was a bit let down in the end when all you guys did was a sideshow. i had higher expectations from a project that cost over $4000
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 1 year ago
    Great idea !
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  • Slobodan BEBI Todić 1 year ago
    Love it!
    P.S. Steve Harris picture was great!
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  • david coxon 1 year ago
    fantastic project, and a great way to show a collection of images in a fun and dynamic way.
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  • welikesmall plus 1 year ago
    Don't worry Arthur, there is more to come. This was just building it and creating our first simple app.
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  • dbalieiro 1 year ago
    ... [;)]
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  • Risa Dickens 1 year ago
    Very cool!!! Featured in the Apple Frequency, look forward to seeing more - frequency.com/video/ipod-wall/166202
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  • Hugo Giralt 1 year ago
    Amazing stuff! CONGRATULATIONS! No limits in the apps you can develop now for it :) Please keep us posted! :)
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  • Pigfish★ 1 year ago
    cool vid!!! btw what song did you guys use?
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  • George Hedon 1 year ago
    digitalbuyologie.blogspot.com/2010/07/welikesmall-ipod-wall.html

    Thanks!!!! :D
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  • OpenLineMedia plus 1 year ago
    how much would it cost for you guys to make one for me...this is awesome!
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  • Richard Cassidy 1 year ago
    Great job, love it. Nice video too!
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  • Tiwan Kung 龔蒂菀 1 year ago
    great use of iPhone!!
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  • Marco 135design 1 year ago
    coool!
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  • James Doe 1 year ago
    Used ipod touch 1-3g can be had for $100 or less if you shop around so $2000 or less could have been easily been possible. I don't think anyone would need to spend $4000 which has already been said that they didn't.

    I like it. I was wondering about using the ipod as a monitor.
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  • Chris Milnes plus 7 months ago
    The ironic Wes Anderson headband is a nice touch.
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