touchscreens
Computers
10:26AM Nick Broughall | Now that Windows 7 is the OS du jour, it’s about time that we start seeing some tablets that make use of that pancy-pants multitouch capability Microsoft likes to talk about. Fortunately, Fujitsu have obliged by launching the Lifebook T5010, T4410 and T4310 tablet PCs. More »
Fujitsu Launches Its First Multitouch Tablets
10:26AM Nick Broughall | Now that Windows 7 is the OS du jour, it’s about time that we start seeing some tablets that make use of that pancy-pants multitouch capability Microsoft likes to talk about. Fortunately, Fujitsu have obliged by launching the Lifebook T5010, T4410 and T4310 tablet PCs. More » 
Screens
20 iPods Cluster Into One, Big, Interactive Display
12:53AM Mark Wilson | The neatest thing about this demo isn’t that 20 iPod touches have combined to make a giant touch display; the neatest thing is that the technology can scale. More »
Computers
Dell Mini 9 Accelerometer Hack Creates Affordable Windows Tablet
6:00AM Jack Loftus | The hacktastic Dell Mini 9 goes well with all sorts of aftermarket add-ons and OS’s, including this latest addition. Updated. More »
Gadgets
9:25AM Nick Broughall | If it wasn’t for the fact that I need a home phone line for ADSL (I can’t get Naked at my exchange), I would have dumped my home landline years ago. The T-Hub, which was shown off at the Telstra Investor Day yesterday and also popped up on their intranet, doesn’t really make me want to hang on to the legacy landline option… More »
Telstra Unveils The T-Hub… Does Anybody Want One?
9:25AM Nick Broughall | If it wasn’t for the fact that I need a home phone line for ADSL (I can’t get Naked at my exchange), I would have dumped my home landline years ago. The T-Hub, which was shown off at the Telstra Investor Day yesterday and also popped up on their intranet, doesn’t really make me want to hang on to the legacy landline option… More »
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 »
Robots
Design Epcot’s Newest Roller Coaster Each Time You Ride
10:00AM Mark Wilson | Opening today, Epcot’s Sum of All Thrills ride will change every time you ride. That’s because you’ll draw your design on a touchscreen computer before hopping on. More »
Screens
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 »
Computers
Why Desktop Touch Screens Don’t Really Work Well For Humans
6:14PM Brian Lam | Why don’t touchscreen desktops work very well? You’ll get tired gesturing on a monitor for more than a few seconds. (Try it on a desktop monitor now — see?) [Techcrunch]
Science
After Pressing, Touching, Tapping And Shaking? A Scratch
12:00AM John Herrman | Remember that bizarre, inflatable touchscreen with buttons that crawled out of Carnegie Mellon University’s labs a few months back? Those same researchers—who can’t get enough of unorthodox input methods—have another one for you: scratch input! More »
Gadgets
