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Shape Recognition on a Touch Sensitive iMac Screen?
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Umm, so what's the difference between this and the reactable except that doesn't have a wire going to the object? Saw someone using one on tour with Bjork. Looked wicked. Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactable
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When I read this article the first thing that came to mind was "The Island" and the desk screen. The villain was accessing the information and moving windows around just with the use of a Pyramid shaped object. This seemed absolutely far fetched. A technology that I really couldn't see in use, but now hey anything is possible when Mac gets behind it.
When I read this article the first thing that came to mind was "The Island" and the desk screen. The villain was accessing the information and moving windows around just with the use of a Pyramid shaped object. This seemed absolutely far fetched. A technology that I really couldn't see in use, but now hey anything is possible when Mac gets behind it.
Hmmmmm,
So, let's think...........
What do men have (that women don't) that they could press against the screen to access their porn collection?
The "foot" is a solid piece of metal, whereas the "arm" has a hinge so I do not think it could support a 27" screen, but I can see Apple using the 21.5" screen. How sweet would it be if it had a Core i7-920XM Extreme Edition and an ATI Radeon HD 4850 with GDDR5? I do not care that it would only be 2.0 GHz since I do not need a machine that screams.
Always imagined a touchscreen iMac as similar to the current design but on a trick hingy thing that allows you to slide it down into a light-table format. In other words the bottom rests directly on the desk surface and it extends up at say a 45 degree(ish) angle. Nice and solid. Comfortable to look at and read and also to use touch input and stylus input. Could be very nice.
The touchscreen keyboard will be solved once someone cracks the ability to cause a relief to push up and recede in a decent resolution. Then buttons and divisions between keys can be felt. Tough tech to crack though because when it is up or down you want the screen to look like it has no indents/pixels etc. Would be fantastic if/when it comes to fruition.
The touchscreen keyboard will be solved once someone cracks the ability to cause a relief to push up and recede in a decent resolution. Then buttons and divisions between keys can be felt. Tough tech to crack though because when it is up or down you want the screen to look like it has no indents/pixels etc. Would be fantastic if/when it comes to fruition.
Lol, some of you are saying this was the best imac design ever?? Obviously you just want to have something to say. Have you seen the newest imacs? C'mon, be real . .
Of the four iMacs I've owned this was by far my favorite design, it's an opinion, just like some others' opinions. Commenting on people's opinions w/out having anything meaningful to say sounds like a person who "just want to have something to say".
This patent brings up a potentially good related idea!
Upon reading the patent, my thought was: How about a login that lets the user draw a simple object on the touchscreen (or even touchpad), instead of entering a password on the keyboard?
It seems like this would be great from a security standpoint, since people can remember some little image or shape they use to identify themselves without resorting to writing it down on a post-it note (which often winds up stuck to their monitor!).
I also like this idea better than the fingerprint readers Lenovo and others have been using, since those don't work if the user has gloves on, has dirty fingers, etc.
Upon reading the patent, my thought was: How about a login that lets the user draw a simple object on the touchscreen (or even touchpad), instead of entering a password on the keyboard?
It seems like this would be great from a security standpoint, since people can remember some little image or shape they use to identify themselves without resorting to writing it down on a post-it note (which often winds up stuck to their monitor!).
I also like this idea better than the fingerprint readers Lenovo and others have been using, since those don't work if the user has gloves on, has dirty fingers, etc.
Light pens, anyone? I used one of these at the Sony store for about 5 seconds and my arms were already screaming in pain.
I agree 100%. That's the reason the mouse beat out the light pen. I bet anyone who bought those HP TouchSmart computers hardly ever uses the touch screen.
It would work well as a monitor that lays on or is mounted into a table. Upright is an ergonomic disaster. Might as well put it over our heads. Ever change four bulbs in an overhead light fixture?
I'm putting my money on not seeing a touch screen iMac, not in its current form factor. Apple isn't as stupid as Sony and HP.
I hope you're right. This kind of input is awkward even on a kiosk. If they do it, I hope they lay the screens flat and not upright. I don't know why kiosks insist on being perpendicular to the ground.
Oh, big boy. What fun to repeat each others comments. Yes to each his own, fine. What I'm saying is regardless of how you cut it, the new designs are far superior to the old large bulbous design that just took up more space and did not add to productivity. The newer designs have been sleek and sophisticated, anyone can see that. The argument is about ergonomics as well as aesthetics, not your opinion. I like some of the older BMW's for certain reasons, I also like the newer ones. However the newer ones obviously blow the ones from 1970 away for various reasons and that's not up for debate really, it's just fact.
The G4 did have a nifty screen tilt mechanism. But, the base looked like one of those old smokeless ashtrays.
There are many practical uses for this. pro apps come to mind. I use Logic audio. It would be very useful to adjust audio faders with your hand versus adjusting everything with a mouse. When you have 50 + tracks going at one time the mouse is almost useless.