http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 24th 2007 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
WTF about gaming?]]>Jun 22nd 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
now, i think it would be sweet to have a touch sensitive (or some sort of reactive input device) that took the place of the mouse, but not integrated into the screen when you are talkign about gaming, etc...]]>Jun 22nd 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jul 8th 2007 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
I hate to make this into an Apple V Microsoft comment, but if Apple can make a small phone with super-smooth transitions, you'd think Microsoft's labs could do it with a modified notebook.]]>Jun 22nd 2007 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/However, I would have some hesitation in buying a product that is endorsed by the guy that killed President David Palmer.

http://24.wikia.com/wiki/Graem_Bauer
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How is putting my hand on a screen and making arcane gestures supposed to be useful?]]>Jun 22nd 2007 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 25th 2007 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
So far it just looks like a bad adaption of Apples invention though.]]>Jun 22nd 2007 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
Like maybe a coffee table top display screen?]]>Jun 22nd 2007 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
Can you imagine the pranks people could pull on you if you had this setup with a simple TV remote?]]>Jun 22nd 2007 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jul 8th 2007 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/ what is interesting is this tech approach. Just as the tech approach behind MSFT's "surface" is also unique/different.]]>Jun 23rd 2007 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/And Microsoft knows this.
And Apple will likely make a pretty penny in licensing fees. Apple is not a party to the MS-Linux patent wars. Apple and MS are still very much in bed, even if their PR pretends otherwise.]]>Jun 23rd 2007 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
I loved when he rotated a PDF looking doc on the 3rd axis to show the back.... as if I have ever been interested with what is on the back of a Word or PDF document. If you're going to show off "spinning things around", do it on something useful like a 3d model of something.]]>Jun 22nd 2007 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/"Look on the back of the PDF!"]]>Jun 22nd 2007 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/it all depends on your Acronym of choice really..

I think the real potential for this is in Video & Music Production, that and Arresting people before they commit murder or worse, get a Zune tattoo.

all i know is i'm gonna put off buying a tablet for a little while.

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Says you. I wish I had this today; it would make controlling my music software MUCH easier. Goodbye, MIDI, hello touchscreen.]]>Jun 22nd 2007 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
This would be really awesome if it were integrated into a Cintiq (Wacom) type display. The combination of a pen tool and gestures (to forgo most of the menu system) could really streamline a photographer's/artists workflow ! I don't know how much I would dig this tech on a laptop but on a 20+ inch widescreen I say Bring It On !!!!!!]]>Jun 22nd 2007 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/]]>Jun 22nd 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/Jun 22nd 2007 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/infrared.html

But you're right. I probably wouldn't get a tan. I'd just be roasted.
]]>Jun 23rd 2007 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-randd-shows-off-multi-touch-laptop/
but the msft guy said that this was IR - now the IR stuff like jefferson han from nyu showed w/ the multi-touch table had a camera directly underneath and and projected reflected off a mirror on the side (i think - this is the typical FTIR table setup), but the msft guy is using an IR based multi-touch display that's pretty thin (IE no projectors involved, just a nice thin LCD)

any DIYers up to the challenge?]]>Jun 22nd 2007 6:36PM