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more about #multitouch more comments → sxs3200: Waiting for someone to make a goatse image manipulator with this.... #macbookmultitouchapp more » dambo29: Rosa kicks butt!: When it detects 11 points, does it say "You killed my father! Prepare to die!"? (got that from the original posting, just had to share it, made me LO... more » Noobs-R-Us: humm, the only way I can get 11 "fingers" on that thing is to let out the one eyed monster. #macbookmultitouchapp more » Digo: Keyboard Cat: The Game #macbookmultitouchapp more » Xagest: Make sure you keep some Purell around. Never know when someone might try and be creative to get that 11th point. #macbookmultitouchapp more » cealigbe: Hmm, 11-point multitouch begs the question, where's your 11th finger?? #macbookmultitouchapp more » GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn: Has a very nice "Stargate" feel to it. BTW, if there is anyone who watches/watched that series, did the Atlantis crew have laptops/tablets that velcr... more » jakebathman: I'd like to see this applied to a kind of hands-on sky projection at a planetarium. You lay in a room and watch the stars projected on the ceiling, t... more » SkirMernet: i'd honestly pay 2-3 k to have that for rts gaming :D #interactivemultitouchsphere more » OCEntertainment: This is one fantastic piece of complex technology, no doubt the result of years of engineering and coding to develop, finally, an elegant input and di... more » -
#btw
Reminder: Your Unibody MacBook's Trackpad Is Magical
Hey you, with the unibody MacBook. You probably heard that your trackpad supports 11-point multitouch, but do you know what the actually means? FingerMgmt shows you. More » -
#tablets
Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Is the Mil Spec Multitouch Tablet for Judge Dredd Wannabes
The Latitude XT2 XFR is a ruggedized version of Dell's XT2 tablet built to MIL-810G standards for taking an ass-beating: It's got an impact resistant, sunlight-viewable 12-inch multitouch LED-backlit display, compression sealed orifices, and works in temperatures from 10-140 degrees. More » -
#multitouch
Interactive Multitouch Sphere Will Make you Feel Like Gandalf
Matt thought the Microsoft Surface Sphere was the trippiest multitouch thing ever. I agreed with him until I saw this insanely wicked Interactive Multitouch Sphere by London design house Seeper. [Seeper via Likecool] -
#questionoftheday
Would You Use The Multitouch Magic Mouse With a Multitouch Trackpad Laptop?
It seems redundant: the new multitouch Magic Mouse with a multitouch laptop—but some people might prefer it. Would you prefer a regular mouse? How about no mouse at all? More » -
#monitors
Dell SX2210T: The First-ish of Many Multitouch Monitors
You like the idea of an HP TouchSmart, but you'd like to keep your existing computer? Dell's SX2210T is a 21.5-inch multitouch monitor without the all-in-one PC attached. More » -
#userinterface
10/GUI: Fascinating Multitouch User Interface Design
User interface designer R. Clayton Miller thinks the mouse and the windows-based desktop metaphor should die. It's just too confusing. However, he also argues that multitouch displays are not the answer. Looking at his solution, he may be right. More » -
#desktops
Acer Aspire Z5610 Emphasizes Style Over Speed
The Z5610 seems like a better-looking, but less powerful version of the Gateway ZX6800. Both all-in-one PCs have 23-inch (1080p) multi-touch displays, and Windows 7. But the Z5610's 2.6GHz Pentium E5300 processor won't match the Gateway's Core 2 Quad chip. More » -
#acer
Acer Slaps a Multitouch Screen On Its $800 Aspire 5738PG
You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but that is Acer's new multitouch laptop. Sort of like Lenovo has done with the T400s, Acer has put a multitouch screen on an existing clamshell notebook. More » -
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#review
HP TouchSmart 600 Review: Multitouch Multimedia Mogul
The HP TouchSmart 600 is sort of like a girl I "dated" in fourth grade. I can't say I loved her, but I can say that I really, really liked her a lot. But the TouchSmart never wore braces. More » -
#microsoft
The Future of Mice (If There Is One)
While touring Microsoft's Hardware division, I saw some concept mice that renewed my faith in the quintessential desktop accessory, ones that had capacitive touch surfaces and cameras that enabled an array of precision multitouch gesture. Take a look: More » -
#rumors
Apple May Be Working On Touch-Based Mightier Mouse
Here's the latest Apple rumor: The Mighty Mouse may get mightier-or less suckier, because that nipple sucks a lot—with new looks and touch technology. I hope so, although I would be just as happy with an anti-filth mouse. More » -
#multitouch
BumpTop 3D Desktop Gets Unique Multi-Touch Gestures
For all its new multi-touch goodness, Windows 7 only has about 7 basic gestures. So if you're all about the touch (and say, have a tablet PC) BumpTop's stack of unique new gestures could be a very good thing. More » -
#multitouch
Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
Oh, those smart rascals at Microsoft are on a roll. I love their Courier tablet concept, and now they may have found the way to make on-screen multitouch keyboards actually work great—even for touch typists like me. More » -
#displays
Multitouch Air Hockey Table Is Nearly Impossible To Play
We've seen large-scale multitouch air hockey tables before, but this Japanese version cranks the difficulty up a few notches with crazy flashing lights and even crazier multiple puck games. More » -
#htcleo
HTC Leo Is the First Windows Mobile Phone With Multitouch
Leaked specs for the HTC Leo had everyone excited about the possibility that its massive 4.3-inch screen could be a glass capacitive panel—a novelty for Windows Mobile phones. Well, not only is it capacitive, it's multitouch. And how! More » -
#wacom
Multi-Touch Supporting Bamboo Tablet Joining Wacom Family Based on Blurry Pic
I love blurrycam photos almost as much as my good ol' Wacom tablet. According to this particular snapshot though, it looks like my darling is getting a new sibling in the form of a multi-touch supporting Bamboo. More » -
#lenovo
Lenovo Goes All Multitouch On Us With the X200 Tablet, T400s
The most important thing to remember about the multitouch Apple tablet is that it doesn't exist. So how about two multitouch laptops that do, from another hardware manufacturer that people actually like? Enter Lenovo's ThinkPad X200 tablet and T400s. More » -
#multitouch
Video: Amazing 18-Foot Wide Super-HD Multi-User Multitouch Display
It is probably the highest resolution interactive display outside of the military: Obscura Digital's newest, longest multitouch wall, revealed this weekend at the Hard Rock in Vegas, uses three projectors to handle 100 hi-res images and videos simultaneously in realtime. More » -
#pcs
Medion X9613: A Multitouch PC that Longs to Be Your Home Theater
If you can handle its 24-inch screen, the Medion X9613 all-in-one certainly looks the part of a perfectly contained HTPC. More » -
#multitouch
CRISTAL: Control Your Living Room By Dragging, Dropping, Swiping a Surface Table
CRISTAL is a research project that moves the universal remote to a Microsoft Surface-type table with incredibly intuitive gestures. Want to watch a movie? Drag the cover to your TV. It even lets you trace a path for your Roomba. More » -
#lg
LG BL40 Ad Offers Clues About How on Earth You Use a 21:9 Screen
When we last checked in with the lanky BL40, it was gussied up and posing for glamor shots. LG has followed up with a video that gets into how you're actually supposed to use such a strangely-shaped device. More » -
#touchscreens
Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
The iPhone probably doesn't use Synaptics' original ClearPad capacitive screen multitouch technology, but maybe Apple will use the ClearPad 3000, since it registers ten fingers simultaneously. I hope they steal this three-finger crumple gesture at least, it's so cool: More » -
#twitter
SurfaceTwitter Is Like TweetDeck on Multitouch Steroids
Holy crap: a multitouch Twitter app for Surface. The capabilities are a little basic now—only 25 recent tweets are shown in ScatterView, where you can manipulate them—but thinking about the possibilities explode my brain. [Microsoft via Gartenberg] -
#multitouch
Puddle of Life Looks Like Darwinian Pikmin, With Sex
This is Puddle of Life, a multitouch game which allows four players to control species battling to dominate a pond. The game is designed to show how that preposterous idea called "theory of natural selection" works. More » -
#laptops
Lenovo Considering Thinkpads with Multitouch and OLED
If Apple won't do it, maybe it's time for us to celebrate the potential of another company's multitouch laptops. Because Lenovo's worldwide product marketing manager Franciso Carias revealed that the company is considering building multitouch screens into their Thinkpads and creating a 15-inch OLED version of the T500 "if demand is there." Well Lenovo, we demand it, so chop-chop. [ComputerWorld via OLED Display] -
#touchscreen
Schematic "Touchwall" Is Multitouch, Multi-User, Freakin' Huge
An immersive multitouch, multi-user "Touchwall" has been revealed... for trade conference attendees. More » -
#peripherals
Wireless Keyboard Combines Multitouch Trackpad with Number Pad
This wireless keyboard cleverly combines a multitouch trackpad with a ten-key number pad, saving space while adding functionality. It's available now for $69. [Brando via CrunchGear] -
#netbooks
Convertible Asus Eee PC T91 Netbook Gets Multitouch, Windows 7 (Eventually)
The Asus Eee PC T91, which we fondled fondly at CES, has a few new tricks up its sleeve in the multitouch and Windows 7 department, but sadly these features won't make it in time for launch this month. More » -
#trackpads
Synaptics Clickpad Brings the Clickable Trackpad Design to PCs
Synaptics Clickpad will bring the buttonless, clickable trackpad (found in the current MacBook line) to PC laptops, complete with their full suite of multitouch gestures. More » -
#windows7
Windows 7 Touch Pack Multitouch Apps Let You Fondle the Globe or Play Death Pong
Microsoft's expanding Windows 7's multitouch powers with the Touch Pack for Windows 7, a pretty sweet collection of multitouch apps. Three are Surface apps, like the Virtual Earth 3D Surface Globe (guess what it does?) and Surface Collage. The other three are awesome-looking games. More »
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#surface
Microsoft Surface Is an Incredible User Experience That Sucks a Whole Bunch to Setup
Surface is a triumph of Microsoft usability and design. It's a multitouch table computer. Minority Report! And so on. Setting it up, however? Ominous foreshadowing: It comes with a keyboard and mouse. More » -
#netbooks
Pre-Order the Sharp Mebius NJ70A Netbook With LCD Multitouch Trackpad
The Sharp Mebius NJ70A Netbook definitely turns some heads with its touchscreen LCD trackpad. Interested parties can now pre-order the Mebius for $999 for a June 5th ship date. [Dynamism via Crunchgear] -
#peripherals
SmartTrack Neo Multitouch Pad for PC Lets You Do the Pinching Thing
If you have a PC you don't have to be envious about the multitouch pad in MacBooks: Now you can replace your mouse with a big ugly thing and do the same magic moves. Wheee. More » -
#multitouch
Slap Widgets Bring Physical Controls To Multitouch
Everyone knows that the future is in multitouch devices, but some may find it difficult to go cold turkey with their physical peripherals. Researchers believe that Slap Widgets might be a solution. More » -
#multitouch
Apple's Legal Showdown Over Multitouch Begins, With Palm Nowhere To Be Seen
You know the patent Cold War that's been brewing over Apple's claimed exclusivity over multitouch tech? It just got hotter, but the heat comes not from the Palm Pre, but lil' Elan Microelectronics. More » -
#multitouch
Maximum PC Builds a Surface-like Multitouch PC for $350
Maximum PC didn't like the idea of paying $12,000 for a Microsoft Surface. So what did they do? They made their own multitouch table PC for a fraction of the price. More » -
#smartphones
Ulysse Nardin Chairman Kinetic "Hybrid Smartphone" Is All Kinds Of Fancy
We were teased with a shot of the kinetically-powered Ulysse Nardin Chairman smartphone earlier this month, but now the wraps are off—and what we are left with is truly one unique device. More » -
#multitouch
Multitouch Hacked Onto Nokia 5800 For The Noble Purpose of Rhythm Gaming
Even if it's packaged as yet another Guitar Hero clone, it's always nice to see multitouch appear where it wasn't meant to. The Nokia 5800 is the latest device to cave to multi-finger temptations. More » -
#microsoft
SecondLight Gives Surface Tables a Second Magical Screen
Here's a neat trick: This Microsoft Surface table projects an image on its screen, but hold a piece of paper or glass over it, and you see a secret second layer of user interface. More » -
#gianttvs
103-Inch Panasonic TV Morphs Into a Giant, Multitouch Table Hockey Game
Making use of a 103-inch Panasonic Plasma and a multitouch-capable overlay from U-Touch, British software developers UI Centric put together this awesome-looking table hockey demo that puts all other 103-inch, touch-based table games to shame.
