October 31, 2006

Cool multi-touch computer interaction Forget about your mouse and keyboard, this is the future. via dzone

"Luxury!" ... When I was your age, we only had a keyboard and monochrome monitors (and before that, punch cards). For anyone who has used a computer for many years (pre-Windows/Mac), point-and-click using a mouse is considered to be so wonderful ... so much more user friendly than simply using a keyboard. Yet, it is so primitive compared with the seemingly far-fetched ideas from sci-fi shows and movies. However, the near future could be very different according to what can be seen on the Multi-Touch Interaction Research web site. I can't wait to be able to use this; good-bye carpal tunnel pain...

posted by curieux 18 years ago
  • Very cool! But, it is just for the technorati? How do you see it sifting down to the rest of us?
  • Jesus H Tap-Dancing Christ, that was cool. Also, that was back in February last. I wonder what it looks like now? path, this is one of those things I really really want, but don't actually have a practical use for
  • Very cool! But, it is just for the technorati? How do you see it sifting down to the rest of us? Well, what we need is a complete Operating System designed to make use of this type of interface. In terms of technology, it can be seen as an evolutionary step from tablet PCs. In terms of User Interface, it is truly revolutionary. Of the three contenders (Windows, Linux, MacOS), my guess would be that Apple will come out with a version of this first, by-passing a tablet PC version of their OS. If I was running that company, that's what I would do ... and, if that were to happen, I would bet that sales of Mac's would overtake that of Windows-based computer within a year. I know, I would get one!
  • One more thing: I would bet that, when it comes out, the on-screen keyboard will be essentially replaced by voice-recognition software.
  • Fascinating! Thanks for posting! Can you play cribbage on it though?
  • Can you play cribbage on it though? I guess you'd need two screens to hide your hand from your opponent. But, if one did, one could not try to weasel out of a skunk by a creative interpretation of the rules, as these would surely be programmed in properly.
  • Indeed!
  • They can have my keyboard when they pry it from my semen-encrusted lap.
  • Bernockle's unexpected return to Mofi has left the judges somewhat perplexed....we await the score...any moment now... 9 9 8.5 9 8 9.5 9 Oooh! High marks all 'round, even from the French judge! Great return for Bernockle, no points lost due to keyboard crust!
  • MonkeyFilter: Far-fetched ideas from sci-fi shows and movies. MonkeyFilter: High marks all 'round, even from the French judge! MonkeyFilter: Pry it from your semen-encrusted lap Oh, and great post too!
  • THIS, mes enfants, is what the Industrial Revolution was all about!