Microsoft Introduces Multi-Touch Laptop

[smoker]

Following right on the heels of Microsoft’s Surface Table, the folks at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, have developed a prototype of a multi-touch laptop. Here’s a short video from Steve Hodges, Manager of Microsoft’s Sensors and Devices Group, presenting his new toy. Enjoy the show!
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this looks quite neat, and the fact that it is mainly hardware based, suggests to me that it could readily be adapted and improved by other operating systems. then again, i suppose it depends on patents and such!

[lingnoi]

developed a prototype of a multi-touch laptop.

Don't get too excited it is just a research project. It doesn't mean they're going to start selling anything which is probably why they are talking about it. Free PR.

[Sunflower1970]

That's pretty neat..My only question is how often does one have to clean the screen of fingerprints...Those drive me crazy on a monitor. :D Don't think a machine like that would be for me though...