Friday, November 4, 2011

Can I Have This for Christmas

As the Christmas season approaches, new technologies will be introduced for the masses to drool over.  Today, I came across a story about Omnitouch, which was developed by a Carnegie - Mellon graduate student.  The premise is we will no long need screens or keyboards to interact with our computers and smartphones.  It works by using a projector and technology similar to the xBox Kinect to project the screen and allow the user to type, dial or move documents on any surface.  This technology moves us closer to the Keanu Reeves cult film Johnny Mnemonic.  Imagine business travel without the laptop and having to struggle through security, because your jacket has been retrofitted with Omnitouch.  Or having your presentation and supporting data available with the snap of a finger.  This is an exciting technological advancement and all I can say is, "Can I have one for Christmas!!"

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/death-keyboards-monitors-omnitouch-202115388.html

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