Does Touchless Tech Point the Way Ahead?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/10/db.touchless/index.html
The new iPhone has created such an immense crave for touch screen phones and if you do not have one then you are behind the times, but is the touch screen about to be obsolete? That is very much possible in the near future. A laboratory called LM3Labs is working on something called AirStrike which is a device that uses cameras in your keyboard to track your finger movements. Why would you be waving your fingers above your keyboard you may be asking? The reason for this would be to move windows, minimize them, and scroll around the screen by just the flick of your finger. Even though some people think that technology is moving too fast; it is going in the right direction. With our world speeding up and wanting things faster than ever this would be a perfect instillation into our daily computer use. Since this speeds things up just that little bit more some people may think that it would create even more havoc and disorganization in our lives. I beg to differ, I believe that this would actually keep us more organized while surfing the web and researching. It would allow us to organize our desktops and search windows in any order we wish, it would be a much awaited upgrade for our hectic lives.
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This could be a really revolutionary technology if it is widely adopted. I think it is a little bit of a stretch to say that touch screens will soon be obsolete, since a majority of technologies are just starting to warm up to the idea of a touch screen. It will be interesting to see how the future of this technology develops.
I can't wait to see what happens to it. What about typing? I'm picturing people walking around like avatars in Second Life when they raise their arms and start typing in the air.
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