Touchscreens
Feb. 9th, 2006 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
garoteAn email from Mr. Beatings pointed me at this demo. It's still a prototype, but Apple helped developed it, and has the patents on it.
Errr ... Okay ... Just last week I was sitting in my living room telling Mr. Lexor, "Touch screen? WTF would I need a touch screen for? A laptop without a keyboard is useless, and a finger on the screen only covers what you're trying to see!"
But after seeing this, I have completely changed my mind. Holy crap. This is going to change EVERYTHING.
P.S.: Hey Mom -- I told you to buy that Apple stock last year -- if you didn't, do so now. And also: We got the painting, and it's splendid! I got all wistful when I saw it. We've placed it in the living room, next to my monitor.
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Date: 2006-02-10 03:03 am (UTC)it reminds me of the interface in minority report.
except, y'know, real.
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Date: 2006-02-10 07:37 pm (UTC)AMAZING
Too bad they don't have a lot of information on their site. At least they have a basic image of how the technology works.
FTIR = frustrated total internal reflection
frustrated ... ha!
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Date: 2006-02-11 08:18 pm (UTC)However, I have to wonder about the fingerprint smudge factor.
Although, come to think of it, even if I had to wear a set of cotton inspection gloves or something, I'd consider it; this is pretty cool.
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Date: 2006-02-14 03:36 pm (UTC)Yeah, I think I can safely skip the Web 2.0 craze, and ride this bandwagon instead...