http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/ Engadget Comments for Alps Electric's "non-contact touchpad" needs no touch 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/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/
maybe the force you to hover forever above it until your hand hurts or you die.

i want a peripheral multi touch track pad... why the fuck has that not happened yet?

can anyone else go look for it in apples patents? i can't be bothered]]>Sep 26th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/but we sure need it.
]]>Sep 26th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/
think of what else it might bring...

cross multi touch with this let them grow and we'l get into all sorts of minority report shit.

that is the reason why we are all here non?]]>Sep 26th 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/
However, this sort of thing could be useful if you had dirty hands.]]>Sep 26th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/
http://www.newtonperipherals.com/mogo_mouseX54pro.html]]>Sep 26th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/
Off topic but regarding the millitary intelligence and jumbo shrimp comment:

Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? When something is transported by land it is a shipment, and when something is transported by ship it is cargo. Are a little giant and a large dwarf the same size? If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?]]>Sep 26th 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Parkways are defined as having a broad landscaped swath of ground between the two directional roads, which is where the "park" in parkway comes from - as in public park (actually from the old french "parc" meaning enclosure") Driveways where originally meant exactly as that - ways which you drove on to get to your garage.

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
Again, an English derivation of a french word, in this case "appartere" which means "to separate", as in separate rooms within a greater building.

When something is transported by land it is a shipment, and when something is transported by ship it is cargo.
All transported goods are shipments and all items on a transporting vessel are cargo, regardless or mode of transportation (where items being shipped are concerned).

Are a little giant and a large dwarf the same size?
The answer depends on circumstance, context, and various other undefined variables.

If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?
Only if the cow had been drinking milk, and hadn't finished swallowing the milk upon laughing.

-Summer Glau
(www.xkcd.com)]]>Sep 26th 2008 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/
Or...it could end up like U force....]]>Sep 26th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/the technology has always been there, its just a matter of being able to control it with precision.
-g-]]>Sep 26th 2008 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/







Thanks, I'll be here all week. ]]>Sep 26th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 26th 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/Sep 27th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/26/alps-electrics-non-contact-touchpad-needs-no-touch/
Unless of course this is a very first, very small step towards finger/hand gesture-based computer control.]]>Oct 3rd 2008 12:16AM