Bill Gates demonstrated a new multi-touch computer and interface, called the TouchWall, at the Microsoft CEO Summit in Redmond on May 14.
While Microsoft Surface's steep price tag of $10,000 makes it too expensive for the average consumer, TouchWall is the poor man's surface; with the system being constructed from "a few hundred dollars worth of readily available hardware."
Check out the above video for a demonstration of the TouchWall, which Gates calls, "the future whiteboard; the intelligent whiteboard" in action. Sadly, there are no current plans to market TouchWall as a product.
Here is another video demo:
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Multi-touch Computers
- Opportunity to develop affordable multi-touch computer systems with readily available hardware.
- Intelligent Whiteboards
- Potential to create intelligent whiteboard technologies for various applications and industries.
- Disruptive Interfaces
- Chance to revolutionize user interfaces with innovative and interactive touch-based systems.
Where This Applies
- Technology
- Technology industry can explore the development of affordable multi-touch computers and intelligent whiteboards.
- Education
- Education sector can benefit from intelligent whiteboard technologies for interactive learning experiences.
- Corporate
- Corporate sector can adopt disruptive interfaces to improve productivity and collaboration in the workplace.
