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Microsoft Research Demos Touchless, Transparent Glass Display
11:51PM Rosa Golijan | Microsoft’s research division is doing tours across university campuses and rather than turning them into snoozefests they’re showing off an incredibly prototype. It’s a clear glass display which accepts input through voice control, touchless gestures, pen and eye-tracking. More »
Computers
Dual Screen Netbook Concept Actually Looks Practical
12:20AM Danny Allen | I was pretty skeptical about Kohjinsha’s dual 10.1-incher when I first wrote about it, but it actually looks quite practical in this video. The second display simply slides out behind the first, like on GScreen’s Spacebook and Lenovo’s W700. More »
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Interactive Multitouch Sphere Will Make You Feel Like Gandalf
8:40AM Jesus Diaz | 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]
Phones
Nokia Patent Gives Another Glimpse Into Touchy-Feely Future
2:00AM Jack Loftus | Gadget patents are a strange lot. Is that dual-handed interface for an iTablet, or something else? Will my remote really Tweet someday? Probably not, but this one from Nokia has me thinking of a touch and, more importantly, pressure-sensitive future: More »
Peripherals
7:30AM John Herrman | Innovating is hard. But there’s one trick that can pull any designer or engineers right out of a rut: the extra display. Here are eight of the most surprising, audacious, and weird places ever to be graced with a display panel. More »
8 Great Extra(neous) Gadget Screens
7:30AM John Herrman | Innovating is hard. But there’s one trick that can pull any designer or engineers right out of a rut: the extra display. Here are eight of the most surprising, audacious, and weird places ever to be graced with a display panel. More »
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Sony’s 360 Degree 3D Display Prototype: No Glasses Needed
9:50PM Danny Allen | Looks like Sony’s 3D ambitions don’t end with plans to bring 3D to Bravia TVs, the PS3 and just-about everything else. This cylindrical concept can be viewed from all angles, and will be at Tokyo’s Digital Contents Expo this Thursday. More »
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Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without A Scratch
5:50AM Jesus Diaz | Colour me impressed. Watch as this guy relentlessly beats this new Samsung flexible screen with a mallet. Amazingly, the 2.8-inch active matrix OLED—only 0.3 grams and 20 micrometres thick—keeps running happily, without a single scratch. [Gadget Lab]
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Touch Display Actually Lets You Touch Real Thingies
12:27AM Jesus Diaz | Leave it to a Japanese team—leaded by Hideki Koike at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo—to develop a touch display that uses rubber to allow you to actually touch real three-dimensional thingies. Hideki, you got me at rubber. More »
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Qualcomm’s Mirasol Ultra Low Power Display Is Almost Magic
3:50AM Wilson Rothman | eBook readers suffer because they use E-Ink, which isn’t in colour and doesn’t refresh fast enough to do video. Qualcomm is quietly showing off its Mirasol display, now in full colour with 30fps video. See for yourself. More »
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