Talk:Multi-touch interface

Outline

0. Introduction/Summary

1. Technology: How is it accomplished/implemented

2. History of touch technology ( single touch, ... )

    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20008369-56.html?tag=mncol;mlt_related

3. Legal issues in Multi-Touch

    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/the-multi-touch-patent-game-who-was-first/2411
    http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f10/apple-does-not-own-multi-touch-legal-impossibility-5550/
    http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2008/02/multitouch_patents
    http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2007/0262964.html
    http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-htc-lawsuit-is-it-biting-off-more-than-it-can-sue/31565
    http://www.google.com/patents?id=dB4EAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20001424-260.html

4. Multi-Touch current implementations in different sectors.

5. How to develop apps for it. Basic framework, and things to keep in mind.

   a. Frameworks available (Java MT4j)

6. The Future of Multi-Touch

   a. Emerging Technologies
   b. Future Trends & Applications
   c. Pop-Culture/Movie Sightings

7. Shortcomings of the Multi-Touch (cons) (Ex: No Keyboard for feel, no mouse, etc...)

    a. Possible alternatives to MT that address flaws/problems.

8. References