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The Ultimate Dual-Hand Touchscreen

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the please-let-me-have-one dept.

LithiumX writes "This morning I saw a video demonstration of the most interesting input technology I've seen for a long time. This is a touch-screen that accepts inputs from multiple (I saw at least 8) points at once. It seems very responsive, the display is large and of decent resolution, and they actually wrote software to take advantage of it. It appears to be entirely research at the moment. I'd offer up organs for one of these things."

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  1. Damnit!!! by CatsupBoy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now my favorite touch screen gag is obsoleted:
    User: This touch screen is awesome, but how do I right click on items?
    Me: Use your right hand

    *user stares blankly*
  2. Vastly different than Touchscreen keyboards by SimHacker · · Score: 5, Informative

    What's special is that it can sense more than one point of contact at once. In fact not just "more than one" but "any number of" points of contact in parallel. It's a totally different ball game than standard touch screens. A typical touch screen only reports one X,Y position at a time (like a mouse), which is typically the average of the points of contact (depending on the pressure, and the type of touch screen of course).

    -Don

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  3. May I suggest? by Anti+Frozt · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'd offer up organs for one of these things."

    This being /., we all know which organ should be first to go, seeing as how it's the least used.

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    In C++, friends can touch each others private parts.
  4. Minority Report by tamnir · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After the initial "Oooooh, shiny! I'll give a kidney for one!" impulse, this reminds me quite a bit of the spiffy user interface in Minority Report, probably because of the intense arms-waving involved. So, makes me think the same too: very cool to see, but highly impractical. Your arms and shoulders would get painfully tired after just a few minutes using this...

    So, I'll be keeping my kidney this time, thank you very much. I'll just go grab a box of tissues and watch the video again... ;-)

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    I code, therefore I am.
  5. It'll never fly. by doublem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me spell it out:

    Major technological innovations in computers and the Internet have been driven by porn. Adoption rates are, among most early adopters, driven by that technology's ability to deliver porn. This is true of Broadband, the early graphics card races, DVD drives and the Internet itself.

    This interface requires two hands.

    Need I say more?

    Don't make me to spell it out in anatomical detail.

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    "Live Free or Die." Don't like it? Then keep out of the USA
  6. I'd give my left hand by mattnuzum · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd give my left hand for a two-handed touch screen. ;-)