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

[Ben Barrett]

Heh, decent choice -- KBob tuned me in to their products a couple years ago.
Nice stuff.  They make a bundle with a small-sized keyboard... it is not
quite
as nice as the hackers keybd we've seen advertised in comp rags, but it
uses the same RF (not IR) dongle and is also nifty -- but no gyro in the
keybd,
ha!

As for being depressed -- c'mon, get with it :))  Watching those is like
going
to an auto show and seeing CONCEPT cars which we'll never drive, but we
can rest assured that some tech components will start showing up soon.

So, Xwindows experts:  Anyone care to comment on how deeply X would have
to be re-engineered to handle multiple points of input?  I know there's been
a
*ton* of re-working in the last 5 years... does it already handle uch
things,
and we just need client apps to catch up?

thanks,

ben



On 6/15/07, Brian Gallagher <bilbobaggab at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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&accsh=
ow=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 TED20=
06
> > 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
> > > fountains 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 b=
een an
> > > A student; except in English, where it had been C+.  Then I got a com=
puter
> > > 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 h=
ad a
> > > great life and done challenging things: whether its Nuclear Missile s=
iting
> > > in Germany or Topographic Surveying on Pikes Peak, CO; but...fieldwor=
k 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 understa=
nding
> > > 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 ca=
used a
> > > me to be far more enthusiastic about my own engineering education pro=
ject.
> > >
> > > 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 questio=
ns to
> > > the group.  This group has been beneficial to me.  I hope to return t=
he
> > > favor.  So, thanks for putting up with my mucking around.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
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