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Microsoft TouchWall

— May 16, 2008 — Pop Culture
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:



Trend Themes

  1. Multi-touch Computers — Opportunity to develop affordable multi-touch computer systems with readily available hardware.
  2. Intelligent Whiteboards — Potential to create intelligent whiteboard technologies for various applications and industries.
  3. Disruptive Interfaces — Chance to revolutionize user interfaces with innovative and interactive touch-based systems.

Industry Implications

  1. Technology — Technology industry can explore the development of affordable multi-touch computers and intelligent whiteboards.
  2. Education — Education sector can benefit from intelligent whiteboard technologies for interactive learning experiences.
  3. Corporate — Corporate sector can adopt disruptive interfaces to improve productivity and collaboration in the workplace.
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