Linux MPX Multi-touch Alternative to MS Surface

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday July 16, 2007 @03:02AM from the touch-me-there-no-lower-no-a-little-lower dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gizmodo has published an article (with video) on the Linux-based free alternative to MS Surface along with a quite interesting interview with its creator, Peter Hutterer. "It may not be as fancy-schmancy as Microsoft Surface or Jeff Han's demos but this video of a Linux-based MPX multi-touch table shows that things are moving full speed ahead in the land of the free penguins. We talked with developer Peter Hutterer, who gave us his insight on the project, the iPhone and the ongoing multi-touch craze." He talks about Jeff Han's work, MS Surface and defines the iPhone as "not the first in what it's doing, but definitely a huge impact" in the field."

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Re:Question: Common Practical Uses? by Tabernaque86 · 2007-07-16 04:24 · Score: 5, Interesting

Any company that has a drafting department should love it. Just develop a CAD program so you can work on a drawing on an actual "page" that could be displayed at 24"x36".

Also, save the CAD file to a PDF, e-mail it to the client, and he can view the drawing package in full on their table, "Red Line" it/mark it up, save it, and e-mail it back.

Considering a package can run from ten to a hundred drawings, this potentially saves a ton of paper and other resources.