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style="">OPLIN 4Cast #148: Human/computer interaction<br>
</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">October 14, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="grame"><i><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">4casting technologies that could have an
impact on
public libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></h1>
<p>What's on the horizon for human/computer interaction? Are mice and
keyboards a thing of the past? Future computer use may be more about
touch than hitting keys and clicking mice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>One possibility for more intuitive interaction is to use the 10/GUI
multi-touch
pad instead of using a keyboard or mouse. It sits on your desk in front
of your
monitor. So rather than have one cursor on the screen, you
potentially have ten (one for each finger). To “click” you apply
pressure from one or many of your fingers. From resizing and
rearranging
windows to opening programs, one touch does it all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://10gui.com/video/"
target="_blank">10/GUI</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/13/10gui-one-very-slick-desktop-multi-touch-concept-video/"
target="_self"
mce_href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/13/10gui-one-very-slick-desktop-multi-touch-concept-video/">10/GUI:
One Very Slick Desktop Multi-Touch Concept</a><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">The
Microsoft solutions revolve around the multi-touch mouse, with which
you can
touch, flick and pinch your windows instead of clicking on them, and
the
elusive Microsoft Surface, that blurs the line between what's virtual
and
what's real.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2009/10/06/microsofts-multitouch-mice/"
target="_blank" mce_href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0">Microsoft’s
Multitouch Mice are Weird, Amazing [Video]</a><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0" target="_blank"
mce_href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0">Microsoft
Surface - The Possibilities</a><span class="grame"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
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