Membrane That Turns Any Surface Into a Touchscreen 111
alx5000 writes "Engadget has a story about Displax Interactive Systems, a Portuguese company that has created a new polymer film that, when stuck onto a surface, converts it into a multitouch touchscreen with up to 16 contact points. The article states that 'if all goes well, the first Displax-enabled wares will start shipping this July.'"
MC Hammer (Score:5, Funny)
Oh no, they proved MC Hammer wrong!
Obligatory (Score:3, Funny)
Think of the pr0n possibilities!
Japanese sexbots + touchscreen membrane = teh sex
16 contact points (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Obligatory (Score:3, Funny)
From TFA:
As the story goes, an array of nanowires embedded in the film recognizes your digits or pointed breath [...]
Except that I read "pointed breasts" ;-) [1]
Ah, how the mind has a way of making things up before you've had your first morning coffee...
[1] Presumably up to 16 of them. Now that's a party I'd like to be invited to (but probably never will)
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Finally, I can turn my life-size colonel Sanders cut-out into a data entry device.
Re:Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
Dude... I don't even want to know.