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Crazy Awesome Touchscreen Technology
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awesome.
And I ain't easily impressed.
Back in the day I played around with touchscreens in some of my casemod/extreme overclocking projects. But I never found a good use for them....other than video poker and maybe jukebox applications.
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woah, is this an actual Apple technology? I've heard rumors about multi-touch on Engadget but I figured they were just more patents that will never see the light of day.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
woah, is this an actual Apple technology?
No.
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Pr0n will never be the same...
But no kidding, this is really awesome; all the things we could do with this type of technology!
I'd like to see some actuators at the other end...
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Well, hopefully some company will actually implement this. I'd hate for it to become one of those cool technologies which will never be released, like digital ink or the Apple tablet.
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Fantabuloso! I WANT ONE NOW!
(I know, time to get a life.)
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At first it was "meh", but when you got to the point where he was resizing the pictures, it got impressive.
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Does anyone know what song that is?
And yes, that touchscreen is sick!
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Peace Orchestra, "Who Am I?" from The Animatrix.
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I thought it sounded kind of familiar. It's been a while since I watched that. Thanks, starman!
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Originally Posted by starman
At first it was "meh", but when you got to the point where he was resizing the pictures, it got impressive.
Aperture or Light Table + that touch screen. Whoa. 
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My wife has a laptop from her job. It is equipped with touch screen technology. it is very helpful for her to enter data about her patients. Uses a special tool. A lot of it is answering questions.
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEttttttttttt
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Hopefully on shelves Xmass 06!! 
I seriously want one. Look like the desk in The Island....
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Check out the top of the screen when he's demoing the Google Earth-like maps. Isn't that a dock?? He switches between apps!
Here's Engadget's article on Apple's patent.
And here's the full patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office.
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Wow, that is amazing, this may be the future of computer/user interfacing. The touch screen is not a fully new idea though its the apps that really interested me.
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In Minority Report it was even better because Tom Cruise used gestures in the air with gloves on and there was also a touchscreen computer. This was the way touchscreen was always supposed to evolve in naturally the problem is what about fingerprints and scratches.
I can't wait for operating systems with fullscreen applications, resolution free and real world interactivity. I'm sick of windowed applications and fixed resolutions and clicking on sh it.
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Originally Posted by Super Mario
In Minority Report it was even better because Tom Cruise used gestures in the air with gloves on and there was also a touchscreen computer. This was the way touchscreen was always supposed to evolve in naturally the problem is what about fingerprints and scratches.
I can't wait for operating systems with fullscreen applications, resolution free and real world interactivity. I'm sick of windowed applications and fixed resolutions and clicking on sh it.
i was thinking of minority report too!!
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Can't wait until something like this is released into stores 
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Originally Posted by Psychonaut
Check out the top of the screen when he's demoing the Google Earth-like maps. Isn't that a dock?? He switches between apps!
Nice catch! At least we know it works with OS X.
At one point you can see the Macintosh HD on there too. 
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I can't see any Mac on Jefferson's site tho it does look like a Quartz extreme tech is used. It can be SGI or Sun under there.
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a watch that has touchscreen technology..but is buggy as hell
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The photo part got me excited. Clearly someone needs to invent a way to remove the french fry grease from our fingers so we don't smug the screen while eating our Wendy's fries.
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I echo the above. I thought it was cool, but couldn't see what it's practical application was until the photos showed up. Then everything got cool. Really Cool.
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