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

[Brian Gallagher]

Ben, this is so cool, it sucks to know its out there and I don't have it.  I
could watch the other vid's, its too depressing!

Thanks for making my next purchase:

http://www.gyration.com/en-US/ProductDetail.html?modelnum=3DGC1005M&accshow=
=3D3

seem like a piece of junk! :-(


On 6/15/07, Ben Barrett <stircrazyben at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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 fount=
ains
> > 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 bee=
n an
> > A student; except in English, where it had been C+.  Then I got a compu=
ter
> > 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 sit=
ing
> > 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.  Th=
is 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 wh=
at
> > 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 caus=
ed a
> > me to be far more enthusiastic about my own engineering education proje=
ct.
> >
> > 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 t=
he
> > group.  This group has been beneficial to me.  I hope to return the fav=
or.
> > So, thanks for putting up with my mucking around.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
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