Machine interfaces of the future using this technology???

[ynneb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sz8ExZndc

You will need to click the center start button.

[HayTay]

WOW!!! That technology is WAY COOL!


Thanks for the link, ynneb,

HayTay

[avsfan733]

I believe this technology was being bought/licensensed by Apple for future laptop uses.

[ynneb]

Apparently its quite cheap too. I only requires 200 bucks in extra parts more than a video projector. The tech behind it is quite easy to undetstand. http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirsense/

[chronon1]

It could give a whole new meaning to the symptoms the mouse or awkward/angled keyboard positioning/heavy typing creates in overuse or carpel tunnel syndrome.. .

[ViperTX]

ynneb....how do you figure that the technology is easy to understand??

[ynneb]

Originally Posted by ViperTX ynneb....how do you figure that the technology is easy to understand??

I have added to the drawing to hopefully make it easier to understand.

Its one of those things that you ask, "why wasnt it thought of earlier"

[tobyaxis]

Talk about being speechless !!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Imagine CAD/CAM with that.

[ynneb]

Imagine CAD/CAM with that.

It would be fantastic with a 3D program like solidworks etc.
Its just around the corner b4 we will all be using this sort of tech.

[tobyaxis]

That would be one of the greatest inventions since the Home Computer. I've worked with Acromatic 2100 controls with touch screens. It's a lot of fun with the exception that it gets dirty fast.

[Drachasor]

Certainly it provides some advantages over our current interfaces (mouse, pen, keyboard). Detecting multiple touches is certainly nice afterall, but I don't think it is the be-all or end-all interface. For one a keyboard still has some very distinct advantages with precision, so this touch interface is more of a nice complement to a keyboard. Too bad we only have two hands.

I think the more interesting interfaces in the new decade or two will be ones that utilize our eyes (what the user is looking at) and ones that provide a direct interface to the brain. Of course mental interfaces are the cooler of the two, and some work has already been done in this area:

http://www.wired.com/news/technology...l?tw=rss.index

http://www.newscientisttech.com/arti...er-matter.html

Still, providing more interface options is important, and it is probably going to be a good while before we only need some sort of mental interface. I hadn't seen this touch-interface demo before and it is cool stuff. It certainly allows one some flexibility that is very hard to come by with what we currently have.

-Drachasor

[ViperTX]

ynneb.....I believe that is very similar to what most pressure sensive tablets use....this "new technology" is merely substituting finger pressure for stylus pressure....