In simple words, the difference between a simple touchscreen and a moultiTouch screen is that the former does not allow you to use more than one finger in different points on the surface that you are using and the latter, of course, does.
However, this moultiTouch surfaces in the existing technologies are not capable of detecting the posture, identity or handedness of the user and that is how the Extended MoultiTouch was born.
Extended moultiTouch is a technology that is able to recognize your hand posture, gestures and the distance from your hand to the screen. But that is not all. You are able to use this technology on any surface because it acts as a projector.
You might be thinking this must be super expensive but if you think about it, you already have walls in your house.
Extended moultiTouch system also allows more than one person to use a surface at the same time and enables people to use both hands, distinguishing between the right and left hand.
This new system was developed by a team of researchers at the Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Niklas Elmqvist and Karthik Ramani, among some others.
In an interview, the assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Niklas Elmqvist said, "Imagine having giant iPads everywhere, on any wall in your house or office, every kitchen counter, without using expensive technology"
I bet all of you are thinking the same right now.
Researchers say that the system is 98% accurate, thanks to the use of the Microsoft Kinect camera, which senses three-dimensional space.
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| The image shows the system senses the gesture, postures and distance. You can also see how it allows multiple users.(Purdue University image) |
If until now you are not convinced of how great this is, here I give a link where you can see how life would be in the near future if this technology is taken to another level.
For further information I also give you the link to the abstract of this research and a demo video. Click Here.
Technology is something that is always surpring me, I have had a touch phone for more than a year, and even now i am finding out new useful tools to it, even tohugh it is getting old fashion because of this technological movement that this society is going through. I am getting concerned about technology that is moving faster than humans.
ReplyDeleteI agree and if you see the video 'A day made of glas' you will see the many amazing things that are yet to come.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, though, that I think technology is going to get as far as we allow it to, because it impossible for it to change on its own. What I mean is that technology is not a living thing that grows like us and if we don't want it to change it will not. So you shouldn't be concerned about technology itself but about the people that, eventually, is not going to be able to controll their impulses on creating things that even they, are not able to manage.
I really love you entry because when you wrote about the technological advances of extended moultitouch, it reminded me inevitably about the Kinect system, I have used it to play video games and I must confess that I found it awesome, especially when you play FPS (First Person Shooter) video games. Imagine the advantages in using extended moultitouch for medicine; students would be able to learn medical procedures by using a simulated practice, great.
ReplyDeleteWow! I didn't think about the uses of this in medicine, it is awesome that you mentioned it. I only thought of this being used on a daily basis, but you are right and it could be used in medicine and in many other things.
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