My ultimate geek dream machine

May 31st, 2007

…or machines.

I just had to blog about these! Feast your eyes on the visual and technological marvel that is mul
ti-touch screens!

Jeff Han’s original version
Microsoft’s own take

While I’m not always a fan of Microsoft’s “innovations” (since the first functional multi-touch screen has preceded them for more than a year) I think they really outdid themselves here. Multi-touch screen, device interaction, etc. Although I still think that a slanted orientation would be much better for the neck and the wrists, but then it wouldn’t be a “table” would it? :D

Welcome to the future! (Ok, maybe I’m exaggerating too much, but you can imagine how much I’m drooling over this).

Now if only Kubuntu would run on this…

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5 Responses to “My ultimate geek dream machine”

  1. Freddy Martinez Says:
    May 31st, 2007 at 10:02 am

    I think the concept is interesting but I don’t think that is something users will use. Users don’t want to sit with their neck staring down, that will crink their neck. I look at something like this and think “will the end user actually want to use this.”

  2. Sandy Says:
    May 31st, 2007 at 11:37 am

    Check out LowFat: http://macslow.thepimp.net/?page_id=18

    We’ll have this sort of stuff…the only obstacle is the hardware. ;-)

  3. Jucato Says:
    May 31st, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    @Freddy: I absolutely agree. That is why I mentioned that a slanted orientation would be preferrable. If it’s too vertical (like flat on the wall), the wrists would be bent too much. Too horizontal, like a table top, and the neck will be strained. Maybe a tilted panel with a horizontally flat extension to put devices on…

    @Sandy: The hardware *and* the price… :)

  4. Sho Says:
    May 31st, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    For that matter, working multi-touch screens were first constructed at Bell Labs in the early 80s.

  5. Maxo Says:
    May 31st, 2007 at 8:54 pm

    I agree. This is one of the best things MS has come out with in a while. I have heard talk that this was more of something they purchased than developed from the ground up.
    I think the biggest fall back may be that it will all be proprietary and require deals with MS to develop for it. This will lock out potential userful features. But I’m just speculating on that.

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