http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/ Engadget Comments for SLAP Widgets add movable, tactile controls to your surface computer 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/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Multi touch devices seem nice for navigation, although I have reservations about other input methods; drawing for instance. I don't fancy daubing with my finger- I see props like pens and such using this tech (or similar) becoming big (and hopefully inexpensive- compared with current peripherals).

Touchscreen innovation FTW]]>Apr 9th 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/However, a 'prop' for an action (like typing, or jogging etc) could be argued as being more functional than a plastic racquet for a Wiimote.

Although, my wife is a therapist working with elderly care home residents, and interestingly enough they found great difficulty playing Wii Sports without the attachments; they didn't seem to relate to something as abstract as the Wiimote without a cue!]]>Apr 9th 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/
Your girlfriend's breasts doubles as a keyboard?]]>Apr 9th 2009 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/
FTIR, what a lot of other people use, can't do this.

It also makes it very, very difficult to implement with anything other than a projector/camera setup.]]>Apr 9th 2009 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/If you had watched the video or read the article you would know that this used both diffuse and FTIR. It uses diffuse to recognize the widgets, and FTIR to recognize when something is pushed down.]]>Apr 9th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2rDHUUkd5Y

This is a very good idea, but I think it'll take until the next iteration, what ever that is, until it's really useful.

Also, humorously, their logo reads, "SLOP". Oops.]]>Apr 9th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/
http://digg.com/hardware/SLAP_Widgets_add_movable_controls_to_your_surface_computer]]>Apr 9th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactable , a musical instrument made in 2007 in Spain.]]>Apr 9th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/09/slap-widgets-add-movable-tactile-controls-to-your-surface-compu/Apr 9th 2009 2:33PM