TouchSmarter: Touch Screen Gadgets

The MS Surface is a great new direction from Microsoft. However, it has to share much of its technological achievements with Apple and the more available iPhone. Perhaps Microsoft dislikes sharing the limelight, or maybe they just really want to improve how people interact with technology. Either way, now there is LucidTouch.

LucidTouch is only in prototype form, so the physical unit and form factor are not yet ideal. Time will surely solve those initial issues. Looking past that, however, brings us an entirely new means of interacting with a mobile device. Basically, you hold the device similar to how you would hold a paperback book. You can then use all 10 digits to comfortably manipulate data.

Can not quite imagine what that would look like? No problem, here is a video for your viewing pleasure.

This is a great idea, and the video shows that they have a solid foundation to move forward with. It is true that Apple has filed patents that describe perhaps similar abilities, but you have to give Microsoft credit for going one step further and building a device.

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