HOWTO make a spherical multitouch interactive globe

Aviso sez, "This is a cool way to stream live data and interact with a tangible Earth. Make your own Multi-Touch Spherical Display to connect with, learn about and care for Earth."

DIY Spherical Display Plans (Thanks, Aviso, via Submitterator)

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Anonymous

It’s totally D-Globe from the end of Coupland’s jPod. I wonder what he’d think of the realizaiton of his idea. I wonder if he had any hand in it.
GeekMan

Douglas Coupland, start your lawyers…
- treq
  
  Admittedly, at the time I was really disappointed with that “revelation”. Seemed very much like he couldn’t come up with anything and was just trying to get the book finished. Such is the world of writing.
mappo

Not really a HOWTO. Just a LOOKWHATWEDID.
- Anonymous
  
  Dear Mappo you have write!
  This kind of Globe you can see under http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yktleaoFYtI
  or http://www.multi-touch-solution.com.
  
  wbr
  
  gblindmann