Jeff Han demos his multitouch interface

I saw a video of his demo a couple months back. This time it’s even more amazing. Too much of our technology is limited by awkward, cluttered interfaces. For example, I’m typing this post on a keyboard, and I need a mouse to click on buttons. And if I want precision drawing on the computer I’d have to buy a pen tablet. But with multitouch, all three (and much more) are rolled up into one. The screen is the input device, and there is much more freedom and speed in manipulating screen objects. The only thing I don’t know is if it is affected by moisture; I quit using touchpads because I tend to get sweaty palms.

This is the same technology that will be featured on the iPhone. But I don’t know if Apple licensed it from him.

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