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New No-Touch Surface Gives You Jedi Powers
12:10AM Jesus Diaz | This evolution of Jeff Han’s multitouch surface doesn’t require touching, allowing you to manipulate objects Jedi-style thanks to infrared camera tracking overhead. This makes possible the use of conventional software, like a web browser, while keeping the advantages of direct touch manipulation. We talked about the technology and its advantages over previous multitouch displays with Florian Echtler, the researcher behind the project at the Technical University in Munich, Germany: More »
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Jeff Han’s Media Wall Available Now
1:14PM Haroon Malik | We bumped into Jeff Han back at Nextfest and absolutely loved the guy, as well as his slightly-buggy-at-the-time Perceptive Pixel multitouch system. That very device, renamed the Media Wall, is now available for purchase. Sure, we are a little disappointed the $100,000 starting price point is not lacking a few zeros, but we are still excited by the roll out. We cannot wait for our test unit to arrive… WTH? We’re not getting one? Jeff—we loved you, man! [Product Page via thegadgetsite] More »
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