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is it a get to tighten the noose round the necks of those apple fanboys?]]>Jul 16th 2008 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
You have a transparent token placed on a touch-screen. It is magnetic so it sticks to the screen at all times. The token has a button, so can be pressed like a real button, and the token can also be rotated. As long as you know where the token is, its orientation, and if it's being pressed, then you've got yourself a pretty interesting and general interface.]]>Jul 16th 2008 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/2) Average magnets don't have much effect on LCDs.]]>Jul 16th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
Magnets will ruin your CRTs, for sure. I remember putting a TV in my car trunk and having the (giant) speaker magnets ruin the TV with a distance of about 5 inches between them and the TV. As for LCDs, I don't think the magnets will ruin the screen, as it appears here.]]>Jul 16th 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/The magnet probably is attracted to the sensor plate -behind- the screen. See for yourself if a magnet will stick to your LCD. I did before posting, just to be sure.

And if you need a sensor plate, there's no way you can put that behind a CRT's face. Not saying that very powerful magnets can't affect LCDs, however, since we are talking about EM fields, after all, but you wouldn't get the kind of electron accumulation you do with a CRT.]]>Jul 16th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/No more expensive custom made panels!]]>Jul 16th 2008 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
Did he modifiy is Latitude X1 with a touch screen or this is a wireless knob that send back data to the software.

There is something weird here.



]]>Jul 16th 2008 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
Problem #1: where do you get a large desktop touchscreen?]]>Jul 16th 2008 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
The idea is clever, it's just not practical at all]]>Jul 16th 2008 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
http://www.studer.ch/pdf/brochures/(1)%20Vista5%20SR%20brochure_lowres.pdf

The idea of being able to apply physical controls directly to on-screen virtual ones is very cool. I hope it finds its way into a commercial product that doesn't totally suck.]]>Jul 16th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
http://eis.comp.lancs.ac.uk/voodooio/]]>Aug 7th 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Jzr4lplmU]]>Jul 16th 2008 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
I'LL be impressed when we have a virtual physical knob that turns a virtual knob emulating a physical knob.

That's the ONLY way to adjust your volume.

Think enough recursion and we can get a virutal physical virtual physical virtual physical knob to control the weather? The theory is that God and physics don't want to count the damn loops and just say "sure - you turn the knob, i'll turn up the heat."]]>Jul 16th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
oh, and of course keyboard synthesizer programs...]]>Jul 16th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
Make sure you don't close the laptop with the knobs still attached :)

(I remember the days working at CompUSA and selling laptop screen replacement plans like crazy, simply by saying, "If you leave your pen on your keyboard, close the laptop, and break the screen, we'll replace it." Ahh... easy money.)]]>Jul 16th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
I also have doubts about whether a magnetic device would be able to be attached through 5 mm of LCD, backlight and housing while being sufficiently secure to act as a viable operational control. A magnet strong enough to stick that well over such a gap might need to be so strong that if you placed it directly onto a metal sheet, it would stick so hard that you would have problems removing it.]]>Jul 16th 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/Jul 16th 2008 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/
Using a knob with integrated light sensor and proper software one could flash/scan the screen and determine the position of the knob.

Now, that would be great :)]]>Jul 17th 2008 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/16/sensesurface-sticks-knobs-onto-screens-turns-virtual-controls-p/I wish to view some gears like this : http://www.arturia.com/evolution/smf/index.php?topic=2108.msg6695#msg6695]]>Jul 22nd 2008 5:40AM