Comments on: 10 totally cool new age displays http://www.satishsays.com/2009/04/03/totally-cool-new-age-displays/ Can you see what I see? Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:26:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mackenga http://www.satishsays.com/2009/04/03/totally-cool-new-age-displays/#comment-14501 Mackenga Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:23:16 +0000 http://www.satishsays.com/?p=450#comment-14501 Chris: they didn't actually invent it though. Multi-touch technology dates back to 1982, when Nimish Mehta (University of Toronto) developed the first such display. Bell Labs developed the idea in 83 and 84, but modern multi-touch features like gestures involving multiple fingers (like the iPhone's zoom) didn't show up until 1991, in Pierre Wellner's "Digital Desk" (sound familiar?). As usual MS are over 2 decades behind, and still claiming to be innovators. What more could you expect from a company still selling the same VMS clone they had to hire in the talent to write in the early 90s? Chris: they didn’t actually invent it though. Multi-touch technology dates back to 1982, when Nimish Mehta (University of Toronto) developed the first such display. Bell Labs developed the idea in 83 and 84, but modern multi-touch features like gestures involving multiple fingers (like the iPhone’s zoom) didn’t show up until 1991, in Pierre Wellner’s “Digital Desk” (sound familiar?).

As usual MS are over 2 decades behind, and still claiming to be innovators. What more could you expect from a company still selling the same VMS clone they had to hire in the talent to write in the early 90s?

]]> By: Chris http://www.satishsays.com/2009/04/03/totally-cool-new-age-displays/#comment-14497 Chris Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:35:08 +0000 http://www.satishsays.com/?p=450#comment-14497 Actually, Microsoft Surface had touch BEFORE! iPhone. Actually, Microsoft Surface had touch BEFORE! iPhone.

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