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."
Maybe there IS a use for it... (Score:2, Interesting)
Be kind of interesting if they made this for that "Ice Hotel" that gets built every so often.
Re:Maybe there IS a use for it... (Score:5, Interesting)
"Every so often"? I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably built regularly around once a year. Usually around the same time to boot.
Every Year (Score:3, Interesting)