Gadgets

Microsoft Shows Off Wearable Interactive Projector

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Who needs a laptop or even a tablet when you can wear your computer, and it doesn’t even need a screen? That’s the promise of one of Microsoft’s concept technologies; a wearable interactive multi-touch capable projector.


November 29, 2011
Computing

Glass Keyboard And Mouse Shrug Off Crumbs And Spills

Using the same technology as biometric systems that capture fingerprints, Jason Giddings has created a drool-worthy glass keyboard and mouse with multitouch functionality. But he’s turned to Kickstarter to fund the prototypes and software needed to make it all work.


September 27, 2011
Software

Apple Denied The Multitouch Trademark

It’s not hyperbolic to say that the iPhone and iPad have introduced multitouch to the masses. Apple thought that they could trademark it. Unfortunately for them, the United States Patent and Trademark Office thinks differently. They’ve denied Apple the multitouch trademark.


September 9, 2011
Software

HP TouchPad Android Inches Closer Via Cyanogenmod

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The journey to get Android running on the HP TouchPad has been a surprisingly swift one. Just yesterday we saw video of multitouch on Android, and now the Cyanogenmod crew have gone one better, getting sound, and multitouch working.


September 8, 2011
Computing

HP TouchPad Android Port Gets Multitouch Support

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Efforts to make that $99 HP TouchPad you bought as a bargain that little bit more (optionally) functional continue apace; we’ve already seen a most-likely-fake video and the early efforts of the Cyanogenmod team, but the latest breakthrough promises multi-touch support for Android on TouchPad.


August 9, 2011
Computing

World’s Largest Multitouch LCD Is 82 Inches Of Glass

Perceptive Pixel knows a thing or two about multitouch technology. And their latest achievement, an 82-inch capacitive multitouch display, comes mere months after unveiling a smaller 27-inch LCD.


May 10, 2011
Computing

Fisting A Multitouch Screen Looks Pretty Fun

Microsoft Surface is a technology that I know exists but wish it was a larger part of my life. And it’s getting better! Microsoft Research has been dabbling with Surface and adding new gestures that incorporate your whole hand, giving you more options than just point, point, point.


April 14, 2011
Software

Multitasktures: Swipe Between Apps On Your Jailbroken iDevice

Multitasktures is a really neat extension for your jailbroken iDevice that lets you swipe left and right, or use various other gestures, to navigate between open apps.


March 30, 2011
Mobile

Samsung Invents Weird Way To Zoom In On Your Phone

How do you zoom in on your phone? Multitouch is pretty easy! Double tapping is nice too. But how about this? Samsung’s new optional zoom-in feature in TouchWiz 4.0 (browser only) lets you zoom in by placing both your thumbs on the screen and moving the phone back and forth.


March 17, 2011
Computing

EvoMouse: Any Flat Surface Is Now Your Multitouch Trackpad

We’ve seen virtual keyboards before, but not many virtual trackpads, if any in the consumer space. EvoMouse is here to change that, bundling their input device in the cutest piece of plastic possible.