Purpleorchid said:
Cylindrical hollow rods like tiny toilet paper rolls...they allow you to pivot/rotate the pieces. I'm sure there's a real title for them, but I have no idea what they're called.
They are called
pegs and fall under the
connectors category. The "long pieces with holes" are called
beams.
This portable stand is really amazing. (Keep in mind that it is a
portable stand.) I have built it and it's gonna be useful once my iPad arrives. Actually, I did two minor changes to the construction:
1) I changed the black pegs at the ends of the red beams to those with knobs. Looks smoother, but I'm not completely sure it's gonna work.
2) See the smallest yellow parts in the Japanese example? I added two of those, again to make it look a bit smoother, but also to move the "legs" a little bit more apart from eachother.
I constructed a stand on my own right after seeing this one. It is
not intended to be portable. However, as I'm gonna use the iPad as a digital photo frame, my stand has a built-in gear function allowing you to adjust the iPad's angle by twisting a small rubber tire. Images coming soon.
EDIT:
I have my iPad now. The portable stand works, but I made a few adjustments. Using pegs with knobs works.