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The future is touchie-feelie

In the next installment of “Josh’s random links of the Future!” we are given a glimpse of the future of computer interface:

Tabletop Touching.

I’m already budgeting to buy the first prototype, which will probably pop up error messages such as:

Error: Function could not find your finger.
Warning: Do you wish to erase your fingerprints?

Plus these systems will host the first examples of artificial intelligence, so it will be able to tell and respond in kind should you, say, give it the finger for annoying error messages.

Think of the possibilities. Any flat surface will soon become an interface for our computers…soon entire walls will be nothing but giant screens for internet surfing in life-sized proportions, and we won’t have to worry about things like dinner interfering with our games…we’ll just convert the family dinner table into one giant game-fest.

Or is that asking for too much?

I see that smile.

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