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IndieGoGo: Make your TV a giant Android touchscreen tablet with the Touchjet WAVE

Dad: “Don’t touch the TV screen!” Son: “But dad, I am supposed to touch it now.”

As a parent I loath fingerprints on the TV. It is annoying when trying to watch a show or movie and often times they come with food and gunk attached. However, being an Android enthusiast and tech lover, I have always wanted to make my TV an interactive touch panel for games, drawing and other activities. The Touchjet WAVE is going to do just that without the need of buying a new TV to do it. Check it out:

The Touchjet WAVE It is powered by a 2.0GHz Quad-Core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage and sports Android 4.4.  The unit sits on top of your TV and plugs straight into an open HDMI port on your TV which can range in size from 20-inch to 80-inch. It also offers an audio line out jack and 2 USB host ports. The physical unit creates a grid with its Light Processing Unit (LPU) it recognizes where you are touching with your finger, or the soft touch (infrared) stylus, and translates that into touch on the Android based operating system. There is a companion app for your phone and tablet as well to let you send things to the TV screen or open and use other applications.

 

Touchjet WAVE

The unit looks to be small and very portable giving you a killer travel companion for work and play and it will cost you far less than a specialized touch screen TV or some of the other units I have seen in the past. The IndieGoGo campaign has 5 days left, but it has shattered its goal 5 folds. The group was looking for $100,000 and have cleared over $500,000. That shouldn’t stop you from getting in on the action though. One Touchjet WAVE funding purchase is %35 off what they will go for at retail launch and will set you back $129 with free shipping stateside. Retail launch timeline is set for April 2016, which is always a drag and a downfall to funding campaigns for cool tech. If you do back the project they are estimating a March 2016 deliver date.

Go check it out on their IndieGoGo page.