While many people are willing to accept that multi-touch technology is the way of the future, some have not learned how to discriminate between different levels of multi-touch technology. While the operation and theory behind multi-touch is basically the same across the board, and has been since the early 1980s, there is some technology that is simply better developed than other technology. However, this distinction depends upon the purpose of the technology at hand. For instance, some multi-touch tablets can interpret an unlimited number of touch points all at once. This means that you can have both of your hands on the tablet, as well as five or six other peoples’ hands working at the same time. This is really a step forward in collaborative
To most of us, the mouse and the keyboard are integral to the overall operation of a computer system. In fact, as I sit here typing this entry, I couldn’t think of another way of doing it that would seem natural. However, with new technologies hitting the market every single day and with computer manufacturers the world over becoming enamoured with those technologies, we could very well be heading into an era where the mouse and keyboard become irrelevant to our everyday use of a computer. Case in point of this phenomenon is the Microsoft Surface computer. As the name might imply, rather than being something that sits on a desk and is in multiple parts for you to put together and use, the Microsoft