"See-Through" Touchscreen Solves Fat Finger Problem 170
Urchin sends along a New Scientist writeup on Microsoft Research's nanoTouch prototype, a way of operating a touch screen from the rear (video here). The prototype will be presented at the Computer and Human Interaction conference in Boston, Mass., in April 2009. Coming soon to a wristwatch or neck pendant near you. "Electronic devices have been shrinking for years, but you might be forgiven for thinking that one that's only a centimeter across would be just too difficult to operate. Microsoft Research's new nanoTouch device suggests otherwise. Touch-screens are difficult to control with any precision — the fingers get in the way of the tiny targets you're trying to hit. But putting the touch interface on the rear of the screen instead gives users more precision because they can still see the whole screen as they interact with it. Microsoft Research has produced a prototype device called nanoTouch with a rear-mounted touch interface. User tests show it lets users accurately and reliably hit targets just 2 millimeters across on a screen under a centimeter across."
I don't know about you... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You know what else solves the "fat finger probl (Score:3, Funny)
Operator: The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.
Re:I don't know about you... (Score:1, Funny)
That's funny, I hear your mom likes it, hey-o!
Re:I've never heard of this before. (Score:5, Funny)
but seriously...microsoft does some interesting stuff! The microsoft-hate that goes on around here is kindof silly.
Blasphemer!
I banish you from Slashdot, and you shall be sacrificed to the all-mighty penguin!
Re:I don't know about you... (Score:5, Funny)
Hey guys, did you know that sometimes innocuous stuff can be rephrased in a way that suggests you're talking about sex?
Re:I don't know about you... (Score:3, Funny)
but I don't like it when people operate things from the rear.
Especially if "fat fingers" are involved.
Re:Finally living up to their name (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I don't know about you... (Score:5, Funny)
M$ see-through touchscreens not that impressive (Score:5, Funny)
Google's already got working prototypes of see-thru fingers.
Re:I don't know about you... (Score:2, Funny)
That's what SHE said!!
Re:Finally living up to their name (Score:5, Funny)
We're sorry, the fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now
Re:I don't know about you... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I've never heard of this before. (Score:3, Funny)
Anyone want to guess how much better Microsoft would be with, say, Ballmer gone?
Well, I think I can say for sure that if Ballmer left there'd almost certainly be more seats on the Board. But I kind of doubt he'd ever wind up losing the title of Chairman.
Re:I don't know about you... (Score:5, Funny)
Dad?