[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #148: Human/computer interaction

[Bobbi Galvin]

*OPLIN 4Cast #148: Human/computer interaction
*October 14, 2009


  /4casting technologies that could have an impact on public libraries./

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.

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.

    * 10/GUI <http://10gui.com/video/>
    * 10/GUI: One Very Slick Desktop Multi-Touch Concept
      <http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/13/10gui-one-very-slick-desktop-multi-touch-concept-video/>

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.

    * Microsoft's Multitouch Mice are Weird, Amazing [Video]
      <http://mashable.com/2009/10/06/microsofts-multitouch-mice/>
    * Microsoft Surface - The Possibilities
      <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0>

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Bobbi Galvin
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support
P: 1-888-966-7546
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