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BendDesk Merges Computer, Monitor and Desk

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-a-posture dept.

cylonlover writes "Researchers from Aachen University's Media Computing Group have created a computer workstation called the BendDesk where the desk and screen are transformed into one multi-touch display. The display is curved at the middle and uses infrared emitters and cameras to track user movement over the whole of the surface, which has its graphical user interface beamed onto it by a couple of short throw projectors hidden within its wooden frame."

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  1. Re:Fugly by boarder8925 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There's a reason it's still a prototype. Sheesh.

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  2. Re:Fugly by mcgrew · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Just because it's a prototype doesn't mean it should be constructed sloppily.

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  3. Re:Fugly by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Respectfully disagree. The prototype's purpose is to show the feasibility of the usage paradigm, not satisfy your arbitrary aesthetic passions.

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  4. Re:Fugly by lxs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Did you just say "feasibility of the usage paradigm" and mean it?