[Eug-lug] iPhone expanded: to MS Milan project

[Ben Barrett]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DUcKqyn-gUbY  Multi-Touch by Adobe at TED2006
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DiaKehq6qsdY "iBar", 10M long
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DqTwcageiJnM also
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DZKzm_fEes7g by Perceptive Pixel, like first one
but better & on wall

The Multi-Touch system from TED & Perceptive Pixel has been in the works for
a while...
it'd be great to see their demos ship with linux!

ben


On 6/15/07, Brian Gallagher <bilbobaggab at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I found the pocketmod and thinking rock to be novel approaches to data
> collection and analysis.  That's why I hangout here, you guys are fountai=
ns
> of information.
>
> Aside: anyone seen the movie The Fountain   Its visual and thought
> provoking.  It gets a mild recommendation.
>
> Cont: But...I have to acknowledge that I have a mild case of dyslexia and
> it has been a life impediment in reading for academics.  I have been an A
> student; except in English, where it had been C+.  Then I got a computer =
and
> I got my first A in College English.  Score one for the computer.
>
> My minor point is that I have been a visual learner all of my life and
> that can only take you so far academically.  I am NOT crying.  I've had a
> great life and done challenging things: whether its Nuclear Missile siting
> in Germany or Topographic Surveying on Pikes Peak, CO; but...fieldwork has
> limits also.  Mainly associated with age and physical decline.
>
> Aside: A long-time friend and I will be doing an overnight backpacking
> trip to the Middle and Upper falls of the Mckenzie River Headwaters,
> mid-July, dates flexible, if any one is interested in coming along.  This=
 is
> highly recommended.
>
> Cont: My main point is that I see a turning point in computer technology
> with the introduction of Multi-point input.  Ben, I didn't even know what
> you were talking about when you brought this up yesterday, but, seeing the
> iPhone commercial last weekend I got an intuitive understanding of the
> technology.
>
> Last night I read the article about MS's Milan Project, in July's Popular
> Mechanics.  It seems someone has been very busy!  This has caused a me to=
 be
> far more enthusiastic about my own engineering education project.
>
> I will now be dropping back into the background, don't mind me if I lurk
> till the fall, when I will be bringing far more relevant questions to the
> group.  This group has been beneficial to me.  I hope to return the favor.
> So, thanks for putting up with my mucking around.
>
> Brian
>
> Brian
>
>
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