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The similarities between an iPhone’s screen and Minority Report are a stretch, to be sure, but certainly moving in that direction. A small company called Perceptive Pixel is working on advanced versions of true multi-touch screen technology. Digging up information about their technology is a challenge, but the demo video unveils a world of future possibilities. Is this the type of screen we can expect in a future version of the Mac? Will Apple develop additional multi-touch devices such as tablet Macs or iPods? What about the patents? Apple has admitted that the iPhone is covered by dozens of patents, though details are slim as to how many patents may be involved in the multi-touch technology. Clearly, on-screen, multi-touch tecnology is the future of some displays. I say some displays, because, as the video below shows, there is one single, glaring issue with multi-touch technology on larger screens. My arms got tired just watching the demonstrators move menus and video around on the huge multi-touch displays. While great for kiosks, multi-touch could face physical hurdles at the desktop. View the video below and consider the possibilities, perhaps not so much for a 30-inch or 50-inch display sitting on your desktop, as a tablet-sized device which controls on-screen functions streamed to a larger screen, such as a widescreen TV. That would remove all the shoulder and arm motions and reduce them to flicks of the fingers and wrists. Click here for a direct link to the video below. What do you think? Is this the future screen for a Mac or iPod-like device? Off Topic #23 - Mac OS X Leopard is now at version 10.5.2 which we’re proclaiming the best yet, though we expect version 10.5.3 soon. If you haven’t upgraded yet, don’t forget that Leopard is on sale at the Mac360 Store, and so are the latest Leopard books. 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Or, post comments in the Mac360 Forums. It's mostly anonymous, there's no obligation, and no cost, so join in-- it's free, fun, low in calories, low in carbs, non-fat, and mildly addictive-- like chocolate and blondes. Readers Talk Back: David Murphey says: Wow, looks like the Minority Report in real life. That is awesome, the video is just wow. Although for the everyday user, I dont think it will be of any use, FBI or other such high organisations, I’m sure it will be a huge benefit. — Posted on Sat Feb 23 at 8:34 pm by David Murphey naomi says: This is amazing and I want one. Working standing up is actually better for your back than sitting at a desk. And teachers have bee writing on blackboards for centuries and their arms haven’t fallen off. I can’t wait for this and beeing an Illustrator, I can’t wait to try drawing programs on this! — Posted on Wed Mar 07 at 3:49 am by naomi Andy says: This makes me think of the Nintendo WII. So long as the screen is big like the onein the video, this would be very cool! Imagine a electonic roll down monitor screen, wirelessly connected to your MacBook, you press a key and you can touch control while remaining active. — Posted on Wed Feb 21 at 10:36 am by Andy Brooks says: In the late 70s or very early 80s, Nick Negroponte of the Media Lab at MIT spoke at a seminar at Ohio State. At his lecture, he showed what could only have been an NSA briefing room (prototype?) they were working on at the lab. (He couldn’t identify the funding agency.) He noted that touch panels were critical in that application because 4-star Generals and 6-year olds were the same way: “I want THAT, NOW!!!” And, he jabbed a finger at the audience, following up that they both wanted to point, not move a mouse or type a command. — Posted on Wed Feb 14 at 3:00 pm by Brooks Craig says: Here’s a link to Jeff’s website. http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan Check out the Multi-interaction Research link. This is a great demonstration of what his setup can do. The photo manipulation is Sooooo MAC. — Posted on Wed Feb 14 at 2:26 pm by Craig Oyvind says: I’m sure this will happen. And it will become the biggest change in the way we interact with computers since the graphical UI and the mouse. I’ve written two articles about this, feel free to comment on them. The second one is here: http://brilliantdays.com/multitouch-will-revolutionize-your-computer/ (including a link to the first one) =) Oyvind — Posted on Tue Feb 13 at 8:18 pm by Oyvind robbie says: 15 year ago when I first left a drawing board to use AutoCad on a computer, I dreamed of the day when I could have a slightly tilted A1 size flat screen on my desk and that I could draw lines with a pen and have menus follow my hand around for drawing and editing. Now I can see that dream coming closer with this technology. Writing, drawing etc with the hand. Finaly getting back to using the correct hemi sphere of the brain. Heads down design! The keyboard / mouse has been the biggest problem in Architectural design. — Posted on Tue Feb 13 at 6:22 pm by robbie Art says: It works great for nav systems in cars, kiosks, and small gadgets that work fine with fat finger, imprecise input. I’m not excited about it as far as application on larger monitors or for general purpose computing. Seems smudgy, like my nav system in the car. Yuck. — Posted on Tue Feb 13 at 6:14 pm by Art Page 1 of 2 Page(s) for Comments on this article. 1 2 > ∧ Back To Top Talk Back to Mac360 and post your own comment Your comment may be anonymous if you want (it's OK to use a cute name, or something everyone can remember). An email address is only required if you want to be notified of new comments by other posters, and is always shielded from email spam harvesters. We moderate the comments, so keep it on topic, relevant, worthy, and funny. Or, pick any two. Yes, SPAM links will be deleted, so don't even think about it. 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