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Found Footage: an iPad in a kitchen cabinet

by Steven Sande May 4th 2010 at 10:00AM


While some TUAW bloggers use their iPads in the kitchen, TUAW reader Alan Daly has gone a step further and has built an iPad into his kitchen.

In the video above and also in a Flickr photostream he's created, Alan shows the simple wooden mount that he used to embed the iPad into a kitchen cabinet. The iPad can be easily removed by unplugging it and then sliding it up and out of the mount. Alan demonstrates the iPad being used for many important kitchen tasks, such as using the Epicurious app, reading and watching news sites, and checking out TUAW.

Alan commented in an email that "My wife thought I was nuts - until she saw the finished product ..." He bought a replacement cabinet door and cut that one in case things went bad, cut the hole with a jigsaw, and then used a Dremel tool to get the edges smooth and straight. The result looks pretty professional.

Blogger and resident genius Brett Terpstra showed off his custom iPad workstation last weekend, and now we have another great one to display. If you have come up with a unique iPad installation, be sure to tag any Flickr pictures you take with the tags tuaw and tuawipad, then let us know about what you've done. Who knows? Your iPad may end up in a TUAW post.

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timmy

ipad got so many problems,but still can't stop people buying.
Why?
I guess just outlooking attract many,and some Personalize setting make you more comfortable.
Specially,it never similar with any others,so if you are conditioned to use Apple stuff,you are in.

http://www.videotoipads.com/

July 09 2010 at 4:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
timmy

ipad got so many problems,but still can't stop people buying.
Why?
I guess just outlooking attract many,and some Personalize setting make you more comfortable.
Specially,it never similar with any others,so if you are conditioned to use Apple stuff,you are in.

http://www.videotoipads.com/

July 09 2010 at 4:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric Curtis

Something for Ikea to look at!

May 04 2010 at 5:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jon

It's all fun and everything, until you want to turn it off.. Then you realize you have to open the cupboard to push the sleep button.

May 04 2010 at 4:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
steve

It would be almost trivial to put a photo frame behind it so that would still display something nice when the iPad is removed. (That's something I personally wold probably do anyway since the back looks pretty ghetto and it would make the whole thing look nicer.)

May 04 2010 at 3:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

is that a cassette recorder in the cabinet?

May 04 2010 at 1:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
adrian

I was standing in the kitchen and day-dreaming about this very idea at the week-end... very nicely done.

May 04 2010 at 12:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jeff Harris

Great idea! And extremely simple... 2 pieces of wood and 4 screws.

He should also get a SendStation PocketDock USB for line-out audio and USB charging through the Dock Connector port. (I have one, it's excellent!)
http://www.sendstation.com/us/products/pocketdock/lineout-usb.html

(This guy needs to install some music taste, though. I don't think there's an App for that! Woof.)

I actually used my iPad last night in the kitchen with Epicurious to make risotto! First time for both.

May 04 2010 at 12:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Alan

x2! I connect my iPad to my old Pioneer 1010 using the SendStation. It rocks!

May 06 2010 at 8:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ted

i want this but in a form factor that i can hold with my hands and without the shitty music and film reel transitions

May 04 2010 at 12:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Erik Shultz

This is pretty impressive. This would add a lot of value to being in the kitchen all the time. I would guess that location is just as important. Where in your current home would this installation work best besides a kitchen cabinet?

May 04 2010 at 11:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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