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Membrane That Turns Any Surface Into a Touchscreen

Posted by timothy on from the wasn't-picking-my-nose dept.

alx5000 writes "Engadget has a story about Displax Interactive Systems, a Portuguese company that has created a new polymer film that, when stuck onto a surface, converts it into a multitouch touchscreen with up to 16 contact points. The article states that 'if all goes well, the first Displax-enabled wares will start shipping this July.'"

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  1. MC Hammer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh no, they proved MC Hammer wrong!

  2. 16 contact points by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh great, so I can use all my fingers...elbows...uh, my nose...tongue?...WTF?

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  3. Re:Obligatory by tippe · · Score: 3, Funny

    From TFA:

    As the story goes, an array of nanowires embedded in the film recognizes your digits or pointed breath [...]

    Except that I read "pointed breasts" ;-) [1]

    Ah, how the mind has a way of making things up before you've had your first morning coffee...

    [1] Presumably up to 16 of them. Now that's a party I'd like to be invited to (but probably never will)

  4. Finally! by wonkavader · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally, I can turn my life-size colonel Sanders cut-out into a data entry device.

    1. Re:Finally! by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

      Finally, I can turn my life-size colonel Sanders cut-out into a data entry device.

      Dude... I don't even want to know.

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