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Touchnology

Adding convenience through touch-activated designs

Implications - Living in an age where technological advancement and hectic lifestyles coincide, consumers are looking to tech-heavy designs that offer convenience as a major feature. Touchscreens, which can be applied to limitless innovations, offer the benefit of hi-tech aesthetics and ease-of-use.
Trend Themes
1. Touchscreen Innovation - The rise of touchscreen technology has led to the creation of innovative new products, such as touchpad countertops and touch-screen turntables.
2. Multifunctional Appliances - Businesses are creating hybrid kitchen gadgets that are both convenient and multifunctional, like the Smart Chef, which weighs food and counts calories while also meal planning and suggesting healthier alternatives.
3. Luxury Technology - Luxury hotels are embracing high-tech features, such as SÉURA vanishing LCD television mirrors and touch screen VoIP telephones, to provide their guests with the ultimate lavish experience.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Electronics - The consumer electronics industry is at the forefront of touch screen innovation, creating products like portable touchscreen tablets, multi-touch projectors, and MacBook Touch concept designs.
2. Smart Home - The smart home industry can incorporate touch screen technology into appliances like faucets and countertops, creating a more convenient and efficient home experience.
3. Hospitality - The hospitality industry can embrace luxury technology features, such as vanishing LCD television mirrors and touch screen VoIP telephones, to provide their guests with the ultimate luxury experience.
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Featured Examples

Touch-Screen Future Kitchens
Touch-Screen Future Kitchens
Petr Kubik's Electrolux Futuristic Dining Table
Petr Kubik’s Electrolux Futuristic Dining Table concept is a simple one: design one piece of furniture that allows you to cook, eat and clean in one place. Park yourself on one of the five seats at Kubik’s… MORE
Lavish Hi-Tech Hotels
Lavish Hi-Tech Hotels
Touch Screen Phones and TV Mirrors at the Chicago Elysian Hotel
For the luxury traveller who requires extravagance and a hefty dose of technology in their hotel suite, the Chicago Elysian Hotel is it. Averaging 890 square feet apiece, the elaborate suites at the… MORE
play_circle_filled Coffee Table Remotes
Coffee Table Remotes
CRISTAL's Touchscreen Interface Super-Sizes the Universal Remote
The CRISTAL touchscreen interface essentially turns your coffee table into one giant universal remote. CRISTAL stands for Control of Remotely Interfaced Systems using Touch-based Actions in Living spaces,… MORE
Portable Touchscreen Tablets
Portable Touchscreen Tablets
The Microsoft Courier is Unveiled with No Word from Apple
While we still don’t know whether Apple is actually releasing a touchscreen tablet, which has had techies and the rest of the world buzzing for quite some time now, Microsoft has! The Microsoft Courier… MORE
Multi-Touch Projectors
Multi-Touch Projectors
The Funai Eco Scan Projectors Make Any Surface Interactive
Funai was showing off the new Eco Scan projectors at CEATEC in Japan. The pico projector boasts multi touch recognition, making any surface that it is pointed at into a high tech screen. In the demonstration,… MORE
Touch Screen Sculpting
Touch Screen Sculpting
Digital Clay is Revolutionizing the Idea to Production Stages of Art
There has always been a gap between the conceptual stage of art and the final production stage. There are limitations that sometimes hinder the exact replica of a design into real life. With Digital Clay,… MORE
Touchpad Countertops
Touchpad Countertops
Sedna_K Italian Kitchen by Marti Guixe Keeps You Connected
Need more geek in your life? How about a kitchen countertop with a touch surface? For all you kitchen connoisseurs comes the Sedna_K Italian kitchen designed by Marti Guixé. With the Sedna_K Italian Kitchen… MORE
High-Tech Cutting Boards
High-Tech Cutting Boards
The Smart Chef is a Kitchen PC That Scans Food
Ever wonder how many calories are being thrown into your home-cooked meals? With the Smart Chef, you can find out all the information about your food with a quick click of a button. The actual cutting… MORE
Mini Touchscreen Netbooks
Mini Touchscreen Netbooks
Signs Point to a Mix of Macbook and iPod Touch for New Apple Computer
It is probably too soon to tell based on the current information on the Internet, but we can speculate that Apple is ready to produce their touchscreen netbook. Orders have been placed to Apple parts… MORE
play_circle_filled Touch-Screen Turntables
Touch-Screen Turntables
Otto's Sleek Interface Revolutionizes Music Production
We’ve seen the beat pads before (4 x 4 pads full of multiple sounds), but the Otto beatslicer is a completely different element of music production. The surface of the device is a full touch interface.… MORE
Touch Computer Concepts
Touch Computer Concepts
Edwin Tofslie Designs MacBook Touch
Art director and designer Edwin Tofslie created this amazing MacBook Touch and the intriguing renders are available on his website. Even though this got us all excited, it’s just a small unofficial project… MORE
Faucets for iPod Lovers
Faucets for iPod Lovers
Hego Waterdesign Creates a Futuristic One-Touch Faucet
The good people of Hego WaterDesign have created the latest in faucet technology. No more handles, this is the new one-touch faucet. The names I.WO and I.WO.e are blatant examples of how bad the company… MORE

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