While interactive table top displays haven’t really entered the mainstream of society, they’re still an extremely cool technology with an almost limitless number of uses. Implementations of these devices, such as Microsoft’s Surface, offer users a two dimensional multi-touch computing environment. And while they’re especially well suited for situations in which several users may simultaneously interact with the [...]
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Tags: haptics, Madget, Microsoft Surface, multi-touch, touchscreen, widget 
2 Comments »…get a Mobile Internet Device (MID). As processors, such as Intel’s Atom, continue to decrease their power requirements thus increasing device battery life, a growing number of mobile Internet devices will carve an interesting niche between the netbook and pocketable Internet capable device markets. Often built with 5-7″ touchscreens and tailored towards playback of media files, mobile Internet [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Personal Media Players Tags: Android, Intel, MID, mobile Internet device, RAmos, touchscreen 2 Comments »Multi-touch displays are nothing new, having been incorporated into such common products as the iPhone, Zune HD, and Palm Pre. But unlike traditional touchscreens, which are usually of the resistive or IR variety and can only detect one touch at a time, multi-touch technology allows the user to register several simultaneous touches and gestures, thus creating an [...]
Posted in Displays, PCs and Laptops, Touchscreens Tags: BumpTop, haptics, Microsoft, Microsoft Surface, multi-touch, touchscreen 2 Comments »One of the coolest things about technology is seeing how companies implement it in different and novel ways, such as Asus’ soon to be released Eee Keyboard or Fujitsu’s Q1500 ESPRIMO mini PC. Now, a company called Originatic has patented a unique wall mountable PC kiosk that would be perfect as a hub in any connected home. The SmartLeaf [...]
