Thursday, February 23, 2006

Jeff Han , or the End of the Mouse as We Know It...

The coolest innovation out of NYU computer lab offers a new vision of how we interact with computers. Visualize this: a completely robust pressure sensitive monitor. You touch, sculpt, drag, drop, type, write: with gestures and touch.

You shrink, expand, pivot images, select new angles, get beyond static dimensional views... by touching two points, creating a line and flipping at will. Even in the simple demos, here's what it means...no more mice. No more keyboards. Completely organic interfaces. Design software will never be the same. "Pick up" a virtual paintbrush and literally touch the screen: all the benefits of digitization, with the interface of natural touch.

It's a complete wow! I can't wait for this to get to market. Jeff Han, self satisfied, excited and joyful: hats off.