Growing up in the late 70's & 80's I was the generation to really experience the first Walkman, watch phones go mobile, and realize the personal computer. Our kids now live in a world where contstant conectivity is the norm. One thing that made the PC as common as a TV in todays homes, was the advent of the computer mouse, introduced by Apple on the Macintosh home computer. Now the mouse is soon to become extinct, and again Apple is leading the way. If you have not yet experienced the iPhone or the iPod Touch, you need to give it a test drive. Multi-Touch is going to fast become the way everyone will prefer to interact with machines, weather your home PC or your home entertainment system. Gone soon will be remotes controls, PC mice, and even buttons on your cell phone. The amazing thing is that the manufacturers for the first time I think I can recall, are well behind on delivering this technology to us. Typically as soon as a new idea could be delivered to market, somone was figuring out how to do so. Currently, all the buzz is about WHEN will multi-touch be available, not IF. So behind, and so delayed is the release of this new technology, home brewed do-it-youself systems are already being published online. The last time I can recall this grass roots desire to go-it alone was when satalite TV was born, and people began building home made dish systems. Public domain software is readily published and I have stumbled upon at least two step-by-step instructions on build your own, multi-touch interface systems. [HERE & HERE] Why this has not yet become a consumer ready product today I can't understand. Until it is, I am holding off on buying a new computer. I would suggest you do the same. Your mouse and standard display will be obsolete by 2009, mark my words. [VIDEO RESULTS HERE]
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