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Video: Turn any surface into a touchscreen

The Japanese have had this kind of projector/touch technology for several years - so it's neither new nor news. This is a refinement of existing technology and should be reported as that.

Nothing is 'new' only modified.

it new here

I don't care if it is old I want 1.
On as serious note this is a near production ready product. The product footprint will shrink and the final appearance will be cleaned up. Marketing will then stick their nose into it, turn it lime green and price it out of reality, and everyone will say it could have been such a great thing.
But I still want one.

Yea, but then it will evolve into almost free.

Give it a minute, it have to be reduced to the size of a pendant and powered as such before it's worth mas production....and that's where the motivation is.

Add SSL access to your home network, a pair of those glasses with a built-in display - to view things others shouldn't see (think bank account info) - phone functionality and then you'll really have something.

Next step

I am hoping that this means that "monitors" will shortly be a thing of the past.
This has to be exceptionally environmentally friendly!
Ahhh, technology getting smaller as our universe expands.

This could have unlimited assistance for those with physical handicaps!

Pranav Mistry is the actual man behind this technology (which he named SixthSense) and I am surprised why his name is not mentioned anywhere !

I'm not so surprised.

Carnegie-Mellon is a very socially/politically/ambition-driven university. (Even more than most!)

Absolutely totally aggree, it was demo'd at TED

...except I guess my parrot will have to sit on the other shoulder. At least it's not a Univac.

Seriously, thanks to someone for pointing out its use for the handicapped. Dopey me was trying to figure out how this was an advance.

So you still have a cell phone, but now it's hanging on your shoulder. Maybe this will be a piece of a better idea, but like it is, I kinda hate it.

Siri shows the way. Voice is the interface of the future. Touch is old news. BTW similar technology was show in TED some time back (also developed in MIT) at this link

http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/