TouchSmarter: Touch Screen Gadgets

NUITEQ is celebrating its 3rd year anniversary and is giving away a FREE iPod touch, when you order a license of the award-winning multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite NOW.

You can make your purchase through NUITEQ’s online store, located here: http://nuiteq.com/catalog/, where you can pay with credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express) or with Paypal.

If bank wire transfer is your preferred method of payment, contact us here and we will assist you accordingly with your order.

Earlier this week, I traveled to Paris, France to present Natural User Interface Technologies AB (NUITEQ) at the Red Herring 100 Europe 2010 Awards, a prestigious list, honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the world European business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Europe. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

We were very excited that out of the around 900 companies from Europe, Middle East and Africa, that had submitted for the award program, that we were 1 of 200 finalists, that had the privilege to present their company during the finals in Paris. That in itself already felt like a great achievement. However we were even more excited that after our presentation, during the award gala dinner, we were honored as a Red Herring 100 Europe 2010 winner.

It was a great experience to meet and interact with other passionate entrepreneurs, investors and business angels and listen to their stories.

I would like to thank all our shareholders, board members, employees, clients, partners, interns and other people that have contributed to this success. It is a clear team effort and it would not have been possible without the help of so many people and other companies involved.

Furthermore I would like to thank the Red Herring organization for honoring NUITEQ with this amazing innovative technology award, as it is a great feeling of appreciation that we are recognized for our passion that we work so hard on, on a daily basis. This is one of the, if not the most beautiful awards a innovative technology company can receive.

Previous Red Herring winners include Google, Skype, Yahoo, Ebay and other well known global companies.

On the 4th of June 2010 NUITEQ is having its 3rd year anniversary.

We are very thankful for that and to celebrate this, we will give away free iPod touches to everybody that purchases a license of Snowflake Suite*, between the 31st of May and the 4th of June.

This promo will only run during those 5 days.

So be sure not to purchase now, but wait till the first week of June.

* Only 1 iPod touch per customer

Sometimes here at NUITEQ, we get the question: “What is unique about NUITEQ’s multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite?”, so I thought it would be good to share this with you.

Find below the 10 reasons why to use NUITEQ’s multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite (in non specific order):

1 ) Compatible with every multi-touch hardware technology platform in the industry. No matter if you use N-trigs technology that is integrated in HP and Dell laptops or the latest 3M multi-touch systems, our software works out of the box.

2 ) Snowflake comes with an API & SDK and over 20 different multi-touch applications, ranging from games to media viewers, that are suitable for different market verticals, including education, retail, public spaces, multi-touch kiosk information points and more.

3 ) Easy installation

4 ) Support Wiki located at wiki.nuiteq.com and additional dedicated and flexible assistance from our Support Team, to ensure that you get Snowflake successfully running on your multi-touch system, no matter if its a ViP Interactive foil installation from our partner Visual Planet or a Nextwindow multi-touch solution that is integrated into desktop pcs.

5 ) Snowflake is the industry leading multi-touch software product. Example: every company that presented a multi-touch hardware platform at CEBIT earlier this year in Germany, used Snowflake Suite to demonstrate the strength of their multi-touch hardware platform. With our software you have an edge and you stay ahead of your competition.

6 ) Highly customizable. You can easily change the entire look and feel of Snowflake, by replacing the existing content with your own images, videos, backgrounds, logos, 3d models etc, to create that unique theme for yourself or your client. Additionally Snowflake comes with an easy to use GUI Config Editor, allowing you to tweak your own settings, ranging from which applications you want to exclude to where corner menus should pop up.

7 ) In addition to being compatible with Windows XP and Vista, we offer Windows 7 compatibility, which is embraced by Microsoft (see here)

8 ) Developed for over 3 years, by having worked closely with clients and partners worldwide and listened to their feedback on how to improve the product.

9 ) Snowflake is an award winning solution that has been recognized internationally.

10 ) In addition to offering our off the shelf multi-touch software solution Snowflake, we also fully customize multi-touch software solutions, where we use Snowflake as the base framework to build from, allowing us to rapidly develop applications ranging from interactive multi-touch exploration maps to educational applications that children use, to assist them in their learning process.

I hope that this has given you a bit better insight into why to use NUITEQ’s multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite.

You can download a free evaluation version of Snowflake Suite here.

For inquiries, please contact NUITEQ via the contact form here, or place your order through the NUITEQ online webstore, located here: http://www.nuiteq.com/catalog/.

PS: If you’re going to SID 23-28 May 2010, Seattle, Washington, USA, make sure to visit booth #1519 of our partner N-trig, to test out Snowflake, as they will be demonstrating the stylus integration that we recently implemented.

NUITEQ’s partner Ideum developed The California Land Grab multitouch, multiuser mapping application for the Gallery of California History at the Oakland Museum. This exhibit allows visitors to view detailed maps and other documents from the 18th and 19th centuries.

High-resolution images along with descriptive metadata are drawn directly from Flickr into this mash-up application. A scalable magnifier tool, let’s visitors view map details.

The application was developed in Adobe Flash with the GestureWorks framework for Adobe Flash and Flex. http://www.gestureworks.com

The exhibit software runs on an Ideum MT-50 “Multitouch Table which supports 60+ points of simultaneous input.

Ideum worked closely with the Oakland Museum of California to create this unique interactive exhibit.

Ideums MT-50 Multitouch Table runs NUITEQ’s Snowflake TouchCore multi-touch image processing software at its heart.

Courtesy of Ideum.

NUITEQ’s partner Ideum developed The California Land Grab multitouch, multiuser mapping application for the Gallery of California History at the Oakland Museum. This exhibit allows visitors to view detailed maps and other documents from the 18th and 19th centuries.

High-resolution images along with descriptive metadata are drawn directly from Flickr into this mash-up application. A scalable magnifier tool, let’s visitors view map details.

The application was developed in Adobe Flash with the GestureWorks framework for Adobe Flash and Flex. http://www.gestureworks.com

The exhibit software runs on an Ideum MT-50 “Multitouch Table which supports 60+ points of simultaneous input.

Ideum worked closely with the Oakland Museum of California to create this unique interactive exhibit.

Ideums MT-50 Multitouch Table runs NUITEQ’s Snowflake TouchCore multi-touch image processing software at its heart.

Courtesy of Ideum.

The NUITEQ May Newsletter is published and can be found at http://nuiteq.com/aboutus/newsletters/newsLtr_may2010.html.

Subscribing for the NUITEQ Newsletter can be done here: http://nuiteq.com/aboutus/newsletters.php

15 May 2010
NUITEQ is a Finalist for the 2010 Red Herring 100 Europe Award

Skelleftea, Sweden, - May 15, 2010 – NUITEQ®, a Swedish multi-touch technology solutions provider/ISV, announced today it has been selected as a finalist for Red Herring’s Europe 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the world European business region.

The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of hundreds from across Europe. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

This unique assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, which allows Red Herring to see past the “buzz” and make the list an invaluable instrument for discovering and advocating the greatest business opportunities in the industry.

“This year was especially difficult,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “Despite the global economic situation, there were many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products that we had a difficult time narrowing the pool and selecting the finalists. (Company Name) shows great promise therefore deserves to be among the Finalists. Now we’re faced with the difficult task of selecting the Top 100 winners of Red Herring Europe award. We know that this year’s crop will grow into some amazing companies that are sure to go far.”

“Being a finalist in the 2010 Red Herring 100 Europe award program, is one of the greatest milestones that NUITEQ has achieved.“, says NUITEQ’s CEO Harry van der Veen. “When I heard the great news,
I felt euphoria, as this is the worlds most significant innovative technology award program. We feel very honored with this finalist spot and I’m very much looking forward to represent NUITEQ in Paris, during the finals end of May. We are thankful that our hard work is being rewarded with this recognition.”

Finalists for the 2010 edition of the Red Herring 100 Europe award are selected based upon their technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition, and financial health. During the several months leading up to the announcement, hundreds of companies in the telecommunications, security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, biotech, and clean tech industries sent in their submissions to qualify for the award.

The Finalists are invited to present their winning strategies at the Red Herring Europe Conference in Paris, May 25-27, 2010. The Top 100 winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on May 27 at the event.

NUITEQ was in September 2009 in New York (USA), awarded with a nomination for Best Product or Service of the Year 2010, in the International Stevie Business awards, for its industry leading multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite.

Recently NUITEQ won the MerIT-price, which is awarded to the company, project or achievement that was the most important for the line of business or the region.

Additionally NUITEQ was nominated as Best Newcomer of the Year 2010 and awarded Innovation Company of the Year 2010, at Alvar Gala, an award program that highlights companies in the region that offer unique products, projects and services, that create significant impact in the region, by attracting business and creating job opportunities.

Currently NUITEQ is nominated for the Norrmejerier stipendiet 2010 award program, of which the winner will be announced in May.

About NUITEQ
NUITEQ is an award winning Skellefteå headquartered, Swedish technology company, that delivers interactive multi-touch software and hardware solutions for commercial applications. Its industry leading multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite, which is downloaded worldwide and used in many different industries, is available to end clients, software developers, system integrators, VARs and OEMs.  

NUITEQ’s vision is to change the way people interact with technology, through the mission of creating a natural interface between users and technology. Visit www.nuiteq.com for more information.

NUITEQ is delighted to announce the release of version upgrade 1.9.1 of its award-winning multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite.

New features include amongst others; stylus support for N-trig and Wacom platforms, iPhone alike grid menu, two complete new applications, GUI config editor to customize Snowflake easily and many more new features.

More information about Snowflake Suite, can be found here.

You can download a free evaluation version from www.nuiteq.com.

Have a nice weekend

NUITEQ’s award winning multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite is compatible with the ViP interactive touch foil from its partner Visual Planet, the worlds #1 supplier of interactive touch foils.

The ViP touch foil is ideal to turn normal LCD’s and shopping windows, into interactive solutions, enriching the experience for visitors of shopping centers and retail stores and offering a strong ROI tool for retailers.