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Collaborative Design, Touchscreens, and RF

Janine Love

7/17/2008 11:22 AM EDT

Recently, on my vacation to the US Southwest, I had some time to catch up on reading. Of particular note was an article in July's Scientific American: "Hands on Computing" by Stuart F. Brown. Brown traces developments in multi-touch computer screens, outlining basically how they work and how they are working their way into the marketplace. The most obvious one is the Apple iPhone. But it seems that much more is on the way.

The part of the story that really caught my eye covered the "DiamondTouch" table from Circle Twelve (Framingham, MA), which is a spin-off from Mitsubishi. This table allows multiple users to work together, provided they are seated in their chairs. The reason for this is not good manners, but the chairs and users are actually linked via antennas to a receiver that is housed in a computer, which tracks who is making what inputs on the table. If you are as intrigued as I am, check out this really cool video:

In it, Adam Bogue, founder of Circle Twelve, explains that the table is getting initial traction in military communications/planning and disaster relief. I can see why. Apparently, this table was in a demo at InfoComm 08 Exposition in Las Vegas. Did any of you see it? Or, are you working on it? Let us know what you think.



mr_ee2002

8/24/2008 6:27 AM EDT

Hi every body
in fact it is the first time I see this table but really it is amasing, but if we are more than one working on this table it is good if we can access different webpages or defferent files to share its contents on the flore. another problem that if this table connected to the internet you may afred from hacking

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