Membrane That Turns Any Surface Into a Touchscreen 111
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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.'"
Re:4 x 4? (Score:5, Informative)
16 contact points as in 16 fingers at once, not 16 'buttons'
Re:Usefulness of touchscreens is overrated. (Score:5, Informative)
It's not that they don't work, it's that they aren't maintained.
Take a look at one of the many all-in-one PCs out there with touchscreens. Hell, just look at an iPhone. They work pretty well. Now look at the touchscreen at the airport. This is a device that is touched by hundreds if not thousands of different people a day. That much constant use is going to require a lot of maintenance.
Don't blame the touchscreen, blame the fact that they aren't maintained given their high rate of use.
Re:Touchscreen now means any tactile interface? (Score:5, Informative)
If light passes through it it is by definition a screen.
screen != display
Re:Usefulness of touchscreens is overrated. (Score:2, Informative)