Nokia Builds a Touchscreen Display Made of Ice 66
hasanabbas1987 writes "Touchscreens have been with us for quite some time now and we have seen all kinds of them: resistive touch, capacitive, multi-touch, etc. However, Nokia's research lab in Tampere, Finland has developed a rather unique kind of touchscreen: a touchscreen made of ice. Well, to be honest, it's not really a touchscreen for everyday use, nor is it very portable, as the rig includes a projector and some infrared cameras (PDF) which are connected to a computer, but after all it's a touchscreen made out of ice and that is quite remarkable. Nokia says this 'playful experiment' reveals that interactive touch displays can be built anywhere, and we are very sure that Mr. Freeze from Batman will be highly interested in the project."
After what break? (Score:5, Informative)
Wow, nice straight copy and paste job of the blog post there...
Just to clarify (Score:4, Informative)
It's not really a "touch screen" like on an iPad et al, it's really a "touch surface" like on the Microsoft Surface [wikipedia.org].
More details (Score:5, Informative)
That work was just published at the ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces conference, so there is a rather more coherent explanation (and another video) at:
http://www.dfki.de/its2010/papers/sp199.html [www.dfki.de]
(Not affiliated with either group, but ITS was a lot of fun)
Re:Congratulations Nokia, you accomplished nothing (Score:3, Informative)
Blame the idiotic coverage rather than the folks building the wall. They're well aware it was just a cool (sorry) art piece. And shared their experiences for anyone who wants to build or build on the design.
Re:Maybe there IS a use for it... (Score:5, Informative)
Direct link to article (Score:4, Informative)
For anyone who doesn't feel like clicking through the slow copy-and-paste blog to get to the actual NewScientist article:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827875.800-worlds-first-ice-touchscreen-virtually-burns.html