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The Future Of Computing
Some really cool news out today. First, a company called EtherTouch has invented a system that uses electric fields in the body to interact with the computer. Wave your hand, point your finger, etc, and the computer responds. You may have seen something like this in the movie "Minority Report". It's not just that your finger takes the place of a mouse; it also opens up computer to more 3-D interfacing with people. The company anticipates the first-adopters will be tablet computers. I know I want one! And what's the screen going to look like?
Try e-paper, the flexible, wafer-thin display. Hitachi is showing off the largest e-paper to date. Picture this display material in all kinds of places in your house. Talking and gesturing to the display will cause the system to react -- check your messages, read the news, watch a movie, etc. All of this isn't too far out: perhaps ten years or so.
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