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SyncPad on 40 iPads simultaneously

Shown by davidedicillo on Apr 4, 2011. Click the card to turn it over.

59points

8comments

#214of 1,097 in 2011

Top 20%of 2011 by points

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1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

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Useful for online classrooms
From 1 comment
- This would be incredible for online classrooms.
  matthewslotkin on HN
Cool program
From 1 comment
- Ug. Is that guy stuck in the early 90's? Hideous website! Cool programme though.
  launcap on HN

Website design looks dated
From 1 comment
- Ug. Is that guy stuck in the early 90's? Hideous website! Cool programme though.
  launcap on HN

How does the sync work: long polling or sockets, and is the iPad acting as server?
From 1 comment
- Anyone know more details about SyncPad technology stack? The demo is over the same network which means... an iPad acts as server? But then it says all you need to do is connect…
  mrchess on HN
Can any iPad change data others see?
From 1 comment
- Do the iPad's only fetch data from a host iPad or can anyone with any of the iPads change the data that everyone is seeing?
  matthewslotkin on HN