Wacom Shows Off Multi-Touch Technology

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Wacom is one of the top makers of tablets for PC drawing and other uses. The firm introduced a new multi-touch solution at WinHEC 2008 that allows users to navigate and control a computer with multiple fingers.

The design is compact allowing it to scale to multiple sizes according to Wacom and the device boasts a speed of 100 fps, a pointing accuracy of within 0.5mm and a resolution of 200 ppi. Wacom says markets for the multi-touch technology include the PC industry. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Dell XT Tablet with Multi-touch Hands-On Video

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The newly updated Dell XT Tablet Notebook features multi-touch. Laptop magazines had a chance to put their fingers on the touchscreen and published a video of the new capabilities.

Quote: "N-Trig and Dell today released the multi-touch firmware update for the Vista running XT. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft demos Multi-touch in Windows 7

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Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer gave a small Windows 7 preview at the Walt Mossberg's D6 conference.

The two Microsoft honchos demonstrated the multi-touch support of Windows 7. The video below shows the multi-touch feature in action on a Dell notebook with N-trig DuoSense technology. I have now seen enough multi-touch from Microsoft just release it and get over it. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2008: LG.Philips LCD unveils 52-inch Multi-touch Screen

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LG Philips LCD will reveal a 52-inch Multi-touch Screen, 42-inch Transflective LCD, 47-inch Double Sided LCD and Multi-vision Displays at the CES 2008.

These new panels are aimed at commercial use for advertising displays and similar applications.

The LG.Philips LCD’s 52-inch multi-touch panel for public and interactive displays is not only the world’s largest, it is also one of the most responsive, able to recognize input from either a touch of a finger or more precise writing instruments. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:01:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony develops new Multi-Touch LCD Touchscreen

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Sony announced a new LCD touchscreen supporting multi-touch.

With the success of the Apple iPhone, it seems no electronics company can bring out new portable devices without a touch screen interface. The new touch screens have to support of course multi-touch.
The new Sony LCD touchscreen uses a low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor TFT process technology based on optical sensor arrays. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:00:34 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hitachi Announces the StarBoard FX 77 Duo Multi-touch Whiteboard

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Hitachi Software announced a new multi-touch whiteboard called the StarBoard FX Duo FX 77 today. The FX-77 is for educational institutions and this new version supports dual inputs allowing for multi-touch input.

Akira Nagamori, director of business development, Hitachi Software said, "A teacher can bring a static diagram of a plant cell to life by zooming into detailed areas -- just by spreading his or her two fingers apart, marking it up with vibrant inks, and then linking it to a free flash simulation on the internet." Read more

Posted on Tue, 2 Oct 2007 08:48:10 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

LG.Philips shows Multi-touch Screen and Triple View Display at IMID 2007

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At the IMID 2007 in Korea LG.Philips shows a 47 inch multi-touch display and a triple-view display solution.

Since the introduction of the Apple iPhone multi-touch displays are the new hype. A 47 inch multi-touch display can be used with both hands, which I imagine will be very engaging. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple Multi-touch a Mega-Platform?

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A researcher at UBS Investment Research is calling Apple's Multi-touch interface a mega-platform.

Apple introduced the Multi-touch interface when the company unleashed the iPhone on us. UBS believes Apple has with this technology the basis to introduce new products across most of their offerings and multi-touch is as big as the iPod introduction in 2001-2003.

I am not sure if I would call multi-touch a mega-platform. It looks great, but it has to still proof that the masses can handle it. Apple will of course if it works adopt it for iPods and other devices to come.
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Posted on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:37:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ETech: University New York Develops Multi-Touch Screen

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Single touch-screen displays are pretty common, but the technology hasn’t been there for the kind of multi-touch interfaces hinted at in movies like Minority Report.

Multi-touch sensing enables a user to interact with a system with more than one finger at a time, which also means that multiple users are able to use the touch screen simultaneously. For example, it is possible to mix photographies on the screen in real time or zoom in maps over simple finger movements. The technique is also force-sensitiv and provides very high resolution and scalability.

The multi-touch display used in a demo measures only 36"x27". It uses rear-projection and realizes the pressure perception over the measurement of internal light losses - a technology, which is called Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR). Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Mar 2006 07:39:17 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr