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Table of Contents

Issue 29

Letter from the publisher: Candy Land… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Uni-Pixel, Wrapsol, NanoMarkets, DisplaySearch, Displaybank, Strategy Analytics, Artificial Muscle, New York University, Unotron, AUO, 3M Touch Systems, Gunze, N-trig, Nissha Printing, Apple, SMART/NextWindow, InFocus, Luidia, SensAble Technologies, QlikTech, Sharp, Performance Designed Products, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Sony, Microsoft, MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, D-BOX Technologies, Ann Veronica Janssens, Samsung Telecommunications, Wacom, Dell, Whirlpool/Cypress, Wacom/Cypress, Ulysse Nardin/SCI Innovations, Garmin, Seiko Epson, AT&T, Nokia, Motorola, Catcher Technology/Dell, Nintendo, CasaTunes, Borg Displays, L-1 Identity Solutions, AuthenTec, Gemalto, Sonavation, MaxID, and Lumidigm

Interactive Displays Conference,  April 21-23, 2009, San Jose, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from MicroScent, Ecast, Drexel University, Wacom, N-trig, and Targetpath

CHI 2009 Conference, April 4-9, Boston, Massachusetts; In this first report, Phillip Hill covers papers from Kochi University of Technology, Autodesk Research, University of Washington/Microsoft Research, University of California, Harvard University/Tsinghua University/Georgia Institute of Technology, Microsoft Research, Autodesk Research/University of Maryland/Cornell University, Sona Research/Nokia Research Center/MIT Media Lab, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Korea University, and National Taiwan University/Universidade da Madeira

IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces, October 1-3, 2008, Amsterdam, Holland; In this first report, Phillip Hill covers papers from Newcastle University/Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Intergraph Ltd/University of Nevada/University of Saskatchewan/ University of Bristol, University of Münster/Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Geodan S&R, Estia-Recherche, Harvard University/Microsoft Surface/Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, RWTH Aachen University/University of California, Georgia Institute of Technology, Microsoft Research, Hasselt University, University of Munich/ Microsoft Research, Microsoft Surface, and University of Bremen

Interview with Ola Wassvik from FlatFrog

Adaptive interface for text input on large-scale interactive surfaces by Johannes Hirche, Peter Bomark, Mikael Bauer, and Pawel Solyga

Last Word: Does touch make sense on the PC platform? by Chris Connery and John Jacobs

Display Industry Calendar 

Issue 27+28

Double Issue

Letter from the publisher: The sexy touch screen… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Anoto/PolyVision, Luidia, SMART Technologies, PLUS Vision, Oberthur Technologies, Canesta, Oxford University Press, WHITEvoid, Capella Garcia, Danish Cultural History Museum, Sunghen, Abundance, Aeolab/Frog Design, Aeolab Lab Au, Leo Villareal, PenMount, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Blendid Interactive Design, Immersion, Ambient Space Design, Big Shadow, Sensacell, Pixel Project, UI Centric, EVL, Tokyo University, Silke Hilsing, AMT, Adobe, NextWindow, Microsoft Research, Microsoft/3DV Systems, MultiTouch, Ideum, IMG/LM3LABS, MIT Media Labs/Taco Labs, National Taiwan University, Mindstorm, NUI, Embodied Media, Synaptics, NOR_/D, Strukt Design Studio, Flexpoint, UPEK, Atrua, AuthenTec, Displaybank, NanoMarkets, Infiniti Research, Strategy Analytics, SensAble Technologies, Atmel ,ARX, Rocketlife, Chilin Technology, Jupiterbay, Nation’s Restaurant News, 3M Touch Systems, Bergquist, Nissha Printing/NXT, Silicon Labs, Oslo School of Architecture and Design, Cambrios ,N-trig ,Analog Devices, Fujitsu Microelectronics, AUO, ZeykoAD/Zytronic, Jumping Gym USA/Softkinetic, SMI Health/InfoSlate, OMRON/Renesas Technology, CTL, SMK, InPlay Technologies/U.S. Rental Housing REIT, Immersion/Shackleton Advisors, Neonode, Wacom, Sony, Techsol, Art Lebedev Studios, Luxeed, Micro Industries, Colorado vNet, TouchSystems, Kommerz, RMT, Hanwha, TabletKiosk, Always Innovating, Corning/LG Electronics, Tyco Electronics, Control4, Black & Decker, Meridian, HP, Mitsubishi, Asus, Fujitsu, Samsung, AUO/SiPix, Amazon, Lenovo, Immersion/Pantech, Dell, Shuttle, Motion Computing, Gigabyte, Genius, Axiotron/Touch International, Samsung/Cypress, Trimble, Garmin, Alpine, Viliv, Phenom, Apple, Ebranta, Virgin, “Rubik’s TouchCube, SoftBank/Cypress, Vision Objects/Stantum, VeriFone/CIC, Toshiba, Maple Systems, Verizon, and VISSUMO

DisplaySearch US FPD Conference, March 2-4, 2009, La Jolla, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, Elo TouchSystems, and Synaptics

Virtual Reality Software and Technology Conference, October 27-29, 2008, Bordeaux, France; Phillip Hill covers this VRST symposium organized by ACM with presentations from McGill University/Grenoble University, University of South Australia, Immersion SAS, Vienna University of Technology, Haption/ENS Cachan, Bauhaus-Universität/Osaka University, Centre Européen de Réalité Virtuelle, Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Vienna University of Technology, and Ryukoku University/Chukyo TV Broadcasting

Interface Software and Technology (UIST), October 19-22, 2008, Monterey, California; Phillip Hill reports on this conference with presentations from University Paris-Sud, University of Waterloo/ University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Newcastle University, Stanford University, University of California/ Microsoft Research, and University of Michigan

SID Mobile Displays Conference 2008, September 23-24, 2008, San Diego, California; Phillip Hill covers the touch aspects of this conference with presentations from Toshiba America Electronic Components, Elo TouchSystems, Stantum, and RPO

Interview with Garrick Infanger from VISSUMO

Windows 7 touch implementation by Dave Bhattacharjee

Learning through touch: the story behind the SMART Table by Heather Ellwood

Storytelling memories: a tangible connection to Bomber Command veterans by Tanya Marriott

Last Word: The touch gaming phenomenon by Bob Senior

Display Industry Calendar 

Issue 25+26

Double Issue

Letter from the publisher: Icy, icy, icy, all the way home… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Obscura Digital, Chris O’Shea/Cinimod Studio, Tangible Interaction, Potion Design, Stantum, Apple/Palm, TouchTable, Lightspace, Catchyoo, Haque Design, James Clar, Daan Roosegaarde, GestureTek, Marshall Space Flight Center/GestureTek, Mindstorm, Immersion, ART-COM, NextWindow, Zytronic, Luidia, PolyVision, Numonics, Micro Industries, Hitachi, T-WORKS, Cross Match, Albatron, CyberLink/Elo TouchSystems, CPT, TechCrunch, Samsung, Intel, Fujitsu, ASUS, Viliv, Troll Touch, Axiotron, MSI, HP, Acer, AIS, Tyco Electronics, N-trig, Synaptics, Microsoft, Ten One Design, Cellular South/HTC, SmartGlobe, BFG Technologies, LG Display, International Biometric Group, Atmel, Microchip Technology, Warner Bros./TT Games, Maple Systems, Logitech, Samsung, Elan, Wasp, Wacom, NXT, TouchSystems/3M, Immersion, UPEK, AuthenTec, Interlink, ARX, Colorado vNet, SensAble, Dresden University, ETRI, Livescribe, Apple, PVI, 3M, NIST, ABI Research, Vantage/Legrand, InPlay Technologies, Epson Imaging Devices, ShapeWriter, Bandai, Nokia, GyPSii/Nokia, OnPar, Becker, Eten, Garmin, Palm, Motorola, Pharos, Mobinnova, Alpine, JVC, DisplaySearch, Logitech, Swype, Firefox, SMART Technologies, AT&T/Samsung, Immersion, Fraunhofer, IMS/Cypress, Cypress Semiconductor, Sooloos, Black Cat, Isabella Products, Validity, ViewSonic/3M, Source Technologies, AbonTouch, CTL, Pandigital, Collevo, and Carnegie Mellon University

Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, November 5-7, 2008, Los Angeles, California, Phillip Hill reports on WinHEC 2008, highlighting Microsoft’s work on multi-touch

Touch Screen & Interactive Display Technologies, October 8, 2008, Cambridge, England, Overview from Nick Kirkwood; presentation summaries by Mark Fihn from iSuppli, Touchbase, Wacom, Microsoft, and MacDermid Autotype

CEA Special Report: “5 Technology Trends to Watch” 2009, Phillip Hill summarizes the touch aspects of this latest Consumer Electronics Association special edition

UIST, October 19-22, 2008, Monterey, California, Presentations from Microsoft, University of Toronto (Microsoft), Perceptive Pixel, Queens University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Smart Technologies

3rd Annual Displaybank San Jose Conference, September 9, 2008, Santa Clara, California, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Displaybank and Tyco Electronics

Displaybank Korea Display Conference, July 2-4, 2008, Seoul, South Korea, Phillip Hill covers talks from LG Display, Touch Panel Laboratories, and Ukai Display Device Institute

SIGGRAPH 2008, August 11-16, 2008, Los Angeles, California, Presentations from University of Tsukuba, University of Electro-Communications, University of Tokyo/Tokyo Institute of Technology; Upper Austria University/GIST/University of Electro Communications, and KOMME®Z

Interview with Rick Seger from N-trig

Touch screens on OLEDs by Jennifer Colegrove

Optimizing rich media content for multi-touch by Wallace Jackson

The handwriting on the interactive whiteboard…by Arthur Berman

The Last Word: Seen at CES… by Robert Phares

Display Industry Calendar 

Issue 23+24

Double Issue

Letter from the publisher: Spelling bees in Asia… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Atmel, Quantum/Siano, SMART, Microchip/Hampshire, Samsung Telecommunications America, Aptus Games, Logitech, Luminvision, Durham University, Hewlett-Packard, EETI, AuthenTec/Samsung, Fujitsu, Albatron, Match Tech Industrial, Panasonic, Asustek, N-Trig, Microsoft, Intel, VirTra Systems, Nikon, Hanwang, Fraunhofer IPMS, Emerging Display Technologies, HTC, Alps Electric, Teraokaseiko, NextWindow, Synaptics/Elan, J Touch, HTC/Synaptics/TPK, Leadis Technology, Freeverse, Alltel Wireless, Samsung, Freescale, N-trig/Intel, Numonics, eBeam, Promethean/University of Barcelona, Safran/Motorola, Privaris, SecuGen, Cogent Systems, bioMETRX/Biometric Solutions, Lenovo/Atrua, Hillcrest Laboratories/Nintendo, Gunze USA, Interlink Electronics, Logitech, Digit Wireless, Control4, Microchip Technology, Movea, Immersion/dreamGEAR, Fujitsu-Siemens/AuthenTec, Lumidigm, UPEK, Vizrt/SMART/Barco, Neonode/Backyard Babies, X-Rite/Wacom, Kyocera, SensAble Technologies/NHL, Virtus, Planar, UPEK, Garmin, Nor_/D, Bridger Maxwell, Interactive Institute, Tabletop Media, Springer, Cross Match, Simulution/SensAble Technologies, T-Mobile/Google, DT Research, HTC/Asus, AT&T/Samsung, Samsung/Immersion, ABI Research, Strategy Analytics, LG Electronics, and Motorola

WIPTE, October 15-16, 2008, West Lafayette, Indiana; WIPTE organizers prepared summaries of the presentations made at the annual conference from Virginia Tech, Eckerd College, Appalachian State University, Victoria University, University of Vermont, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fort Hays State University, Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Valdosta State University, Clemson University, The American School of Bombay, Hunterdon Central Regional High School District, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Pennsylvania State University, DePauw University, Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Spring Street International School, Microsoft, Grove City College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Campinas, Technical University of Valencia, Radford University, St. Luke’s School, University of Louisville, Microsoft/Carnegie Mellon University, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, and University of Illinois

DisplaySearch China FPD Conference, September 4-5, 2008, Shanghai, China; Mark Fihn summarizes presentations that included references to the quickly emerging touch screen market, from DisplaySearch (x2), LG Display, Corning, and Young Fast Optoelectronics

SIGGRAPH 2008, August 11-16, 2008, Los Angeles, California; Mark Fihn summarizes papers from the University of Tokyo, ETRI, Japan Science and Technology Agency/University of Tokyo (x2), Carnegie Mellon University/Butterfly Haptics, Carnegie Mellon University/University of Pittsburgh, and The University of Electro-Communications

CHI 2008, April 5-10, Florence, Italy; In this second report, Phillip Hill covers papers from Aalborg University, CSIRO, Hasselt University, MERL/University of Toronto, MIT Media Lab, Natural Interaction/iO, NTT Comware Corporation, Philips Research/University of Manitoba/Eindhoven University of Technology/University of Bristol, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, University of Glasgow/BackToHQ Aps, University of Helsinki, University of Maryland, University of Tampere, University of Tokyo, Distance Lab/University of Melbourne, MIT Media Lab/Alium Labs, and University of Toronto

Tabletop 2007 Workshop, October 10-12, Newport, Rhode Island, In this report Mark Fihn summarizes papers from Alterra, EPFL–CRAFT, IT University of Göteborg, and Ricoh

Interview with Darrin Vallis from Cypress Semiconductor

Touch Technology Primer by WEDC

It’s almost 2009… by Alan Weinkrantz

Motion Computing LE1700 by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer

Four point probes for touch-screen materials by Robert Phares

Interactive whiteboards in 1:1 learning environments by Michelle Lomberg and Jill Roberts

The Last Word: Is the iTable coming? by Bob Senior

Display Industry Calendar 

Issue 21+22

Double Issue

Letter from the publisher: Wii Eee... by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: SensAble, Immersion, Microsoft, N-trig, Blue Cube LCD/InPlay, Stantum, Touch International, Osram/Digital Dash, Iljin Display, Sintek, NextWindow, Trident Systems/3M, 3M, F-Origin/PVI, Monash University, Wacom, Wacom/E Ink, Bi-Search/3M, Nexio, Fujitsu, NHK, UniPixel, AUO, RiTdisplay, Nexus Alpha/Zytronic, DuPont, Josh Boughey, Yamaha, ReactOgon, C-Thru-Music, Absolut Visionaries, Jim Mielke, NDS Surgical Imaging, Sagem Morpho, UPEK, UPEK/IDology, Lenovo, Lumidigm, L-1 Identity Solutions, AuthenTec/Motion Computing, AuthenTec, Pretec, ImageWare Systems, Validity. Interlink, Sensor Platforms, DNP, SMK, Pandigital, Motorola, Simon Fraser University, Electronic Art, NCR, Icron, PLUS Vision, SMART Technologies, Wainhouse Research, Turning Technologies, Jaco Electronics/DT Research/Image Base International, DT Research, QIO Systems, SpeakerCraft, Freescale, STMicroelectronics, Cypress Semiconductor, Cypress/JVC, Atmel, Leadis Technology, Powerline Control Systems, NIST, Circle Twelve, James Patten, InvenSense, Ben-Gurion University, Karlssrühe, One Laptop per Child, Panasonic, Gigabyte, Vartech, Worthington, Willcom, Genius, Husqvarna, Cross Match, Logitech, MagicBox, Nokia, Samsung, Apple, SmartLabs, HP, Atmark Techno, Control4, Vantage/Legrand, Niles Audio, Elan, LeCroy, IMS Research, ABI Research, Typhoon Touch Technologies, Nintendo, Tabletop 2008, DisplaySearch, and MIMIV/PFE

Society for Information Display 2007 Symposium, May 20-23, Los Angeles, California; In this report, Phillip Hill covers offerings from University of Arizona/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, LG Display, Samsung Electronics, Seiko Epson Corporation, and Electro Plasma

CHI 2008, Florence, Italy, April 5-10; Phillip Hill covers the Computer Human Interface Conference. This first report covers papers from ETH Zurich/TUM, KAIST, MIT Media Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology/Columbia University, TAUCHI, University of Auckland/University of Glasgow, and University of Toronto/PARC/University of Michigan

TableTop 2007, October 10-12, Newport, Rhode Island; In this report from the Tabletop 2007 Workshop, Mark Fihn summarizes papers from University of Munich, Japan Science and Technology Agency/The University of Tokyo/NTT Communication Science Labs, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Cambridge, University of Calgary, Brigham Young University, University of Toronto, University of Sydney, Microsoft Research, UIUC, The MITRE Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, University of Massachusetts

Motion Computing F5 by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer

The touch panel market: overlooked no more by Chris Crotty

Survey on the degree of recognition of touch-screens by Jennifer Lee

Touch-screen market has many touches for growth by Jennifer Colgrove

Display Industry Calendar 

Issue 19+20

Double Issue

March 31, 2008

Letter from the publisher: Rumors of transparency... by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: ENESS, London South Bank University, Paul Klotz, Concert Hall Aarhus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Toshio Iwai, Stantum, Activision, Catchyoo, Electronic Art, Media Interaction Lab, Ubiq'window, Natural Interaction, International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, Hitachi, GestureTek, Philips, Disney Interactive Studios, Potion Design, Microsoft, National Taiwan University, Lumin, NextWindow, ToyQuest, Tabletop 2008, Accenture/Avanade, UWink, DT Research, Prevalent Devices, Life Fitness, Synaptics, Force Dimension, Anoto/LeapFrog, Livescribe, Tiger Electronics, 2K Sports, CI Lumen/3M, Magellan, Movea/Gyration, Bioscrypt/L-1 Identity Solutions, UPEK, Fukui Computer/Hitachi, Fujitsu/AuthenTec, AuthenTec, Veritec, Bundesdruckerei, Sagem Morpho, Phoenix Technologies/Atmel, Futronic, BioLink Biometrics, Snowflake Technologies, Luminetx, Neotel International/Axiotron, e-SMART Technologies, Pay By Touch, M2SYS, Elliptic Labs, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Atmel/Quantum Research Group, Apple, Interlink Electronics, Xsilva Systems, Interlink Electronics/Samsung, Cypress Semiconductor, Bang & Olufsen, Planar, Elo TouchSystems, Micro Industries, RealEase, Kristel Displays/3M, Trolltech, Microchip Technology, MSGI, Comfort Software Group, SMK, Konica Minolta/SensAble Technologies, Zytronic, Varitronic, Dynamax Technologies/St. Clair Interactive Communications, Kaon Interactive, Newcastle University, Sensable Technologies, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Alltel Wireless/LG, Carnegie Mellon University, Fujitsu, Corning, Immersion, Tactiva, Promethean/Oxford University Press, PolyVision, PolyVision/Anders+Kern, SMART Technologies, Luidia/Turning Technologies, Teamboard, LG Displays, iSuppli, Digitimes, Displaybank, In-Stat, 1790 Analytics, Brookings Institution/InfoSentry, DisplaySearch, Decision Tree Consulting, NanoMarkets, Dell/Typhoon Touch Technologies, Wacom/HP, Computer World, Motion Computing, Advantech, Roper Mobile Technology, iMedica, HTC, InPlay Technologies, Nuvation, Tower Semiconductor/N-trig, Smitrix, N-trig, HP, Asustek, and General Dynamics Itronix

ENACTIVE, November 19-24, 2007, Grenoble, France; Phillip Hill reports on this Acroe-organized event with presentations from Kyushu Institute of Technology/Eastman Kodak, University of Exeter, Acroe, Eindhoven University of Technology, Politecnico di Milano, ISIR, German Aerospace Center/Advanced Realtime Tracking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Anger/University of Fribourg, Monash University, European Center For Virtual Reality, McGill University, Laboratoire IBISC, University of Verona, Rosalyn Driscoll, Ecole Centrale de Lyon,

and KAIST

Interview with John Feland from Synaptics

Interview with Steven Abbott from MacDermid Autotype

Drivers of touch screen market growth by Jennifer Lee

Active pen and digitizer human input devices: digital vs. analog by Peyman Hadizad

Haptics: improving the mobile user experience by Chris Ullrich

The rugged environment and touch screens by Gary Barrett

The future of ITO by Lawrence Gasman

Waiting for the killer application… by Robert Phares

Last Word: Polythene bags and ambulances…by Bob Senior

Display Industry Calendar 

Issue 17+18

Double Issue

January 6, 2008

Letter from the publisher: Will Apple enable Microsoft’s vision for the Tablet PC? by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Catchyoo, Sony, Epson Imaging Devices, JazzMutant. Wacom, Maple Systems, Tangent, LG Electronics, HTC/Sprint, Samsung, White Electronic Designs, Sophia Mobile/RMI, Ione Technology, Cypress Semiconductor, Cirque, Synaptics, Philips/Quantum, Jon Cambeul, Monome, City College of New York, Sanwa Supply, Unidym, HAPTEX, McGill University, Purdue University, Kyushu University, Durham University/UK Haptics, Microsoft/University of Washington, Emory University, Glasgow University, Neonode, Art Lebedev Studios, InPlay Technologies, N-trig, Displaybank, BCC Research, Intel/Motion Computing, Apple, Vantage/Legrand, GestureTek/Imagination, GestureTek, Panoram Technologies, NextWindow, Barco, mimio, Manchester Metropolitan University, SMART Technologies, Promethean, EIZO, ELAN, Planar/Umpqua Bank, Source Technologies, 3M, Hypercom, Wincor Nixdorf, Interlink Electronics, Dailymotion, ImageWare Systems, austriamicrosystems/Fingerprint Cards, Indian Institute of Technology, The Sharper Image/Sequiam, Bioscrypt/SecuGen, Bioscrypt, Precise Biometric/Oki, L-1 Identity Solutions/ID Networks, Cross Match/AssureTec Systems, ACT/BIO-key, BioMETRX/AuthenTec, MEDION/AuthenTec, IDEX, Fingerprint Cards, Hitachi, Atrua, DigitalPersona, CIC/EbixExchange, Destiny/Logitech, Livescribe, ARX/Ness Technologies, F-Origin/Trolltech, Measurand, Novint, Reachin Technologies, Immersion, Elo TouchSystems/AMI Semiconductor, Zytronic, Touch International, Top-Braille, NIST, University of Aarhus, NEC, Andrew Fentem, Obscura Digital/General Motors, SarcasticGamer

Tablet PC news: GottaBeMobile/Dell/HP/OQO/Microsoft/Amazon/Asus, In-Stat, NAVIsis, Dell, Brigham Young University, ActiveWords, Toshiba, HP, DT Research, e-detail, Axiotron, Yann Le Coroller, Intel, Black Diamond Advanced Technology, EverNote/Fujitsu, Emano Tec, Kontron, Comfort Software, Samsung, E-Lead Electronics, Brophy College Preparatory School, WiBrain, Asus, Gigabyte, Edward Jones

iSuppli Flat Information Displays Conference, December 4-5, Las Vegas, Nevada; Mark Fihn reports about touch-related presentations from iSuppli’s 24th annual event. Presentations covered

are from iSuppli, Samsung SDI, and Elo.

SID Display Applications Conference, October 23-25, San Francisco, California; Phillip Hill reports from this first newly-named conference focused on the engineering aspect of applications with coverage of a half-day session devoted to touch screens

IEEE Tabletop 2007, October 10-12, Newport, Rhode Island; Summaries of papers from the University of Tokyo, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble/Chalmers University of Technology, Microsoft Research, Simon Fraser University, and Queen’s University/Aachen University

Interview with Jonathan Curtiss of Lumio

ThinSight: integrated optical multi-touch sensing through thin form-factor displays, by Shahram Izadi, Steve Hodges, and Alex Butler, Microsoft Research

Multi-touch overview by Keith Colson

Multi-touch considerations on traditional desktops by Dave Bhattacharjee

The challenges of developing new media for touch-screens by Wallace Jackson

TouchPal - an innovative soft keyboard by Jeff Kirvin

Dell finally releases a Tablet PC by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer

Last Word: “Walker behind the wheel”… by Mark Fihn

Display Industry Calendar 

October 16, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Touchdowns, touchbacks, and touch football… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Blendid Interaction Design, Betaminds, Catchyoo, NUI Group, OpenTouch, JazzMutant, Stantum, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Euclidean Crisis, Stanford University, Barco/SMART Technologies, PLUS Vision, PolyVision, SMART Technologies, Tidebreak/Luidia, Hitachi Software, Natural Interaction, Concordia University, Lightspace, “Evoke”, Tangible Interaction Design, PIKA PIKA, ART+COM, Microsoft, Barragan Studio, NTT DoCoMo, University of Tokyo, Gyration, Moritz Waldemeyer, Sensacell, LAB[au], Nikon, MIT, University of Wollongong/Australian National University, Sensitive Object/Elo TouchSystems, Apple, Palm, iSuppli, Balda, BeatPhone, Haken Audio, MIT Media Labs, Yamaha, Sharp, Microsoft/MERL, University of Utah/Stanford University/Purdue University, UK Haptics, Glasgow University, Hillcrest Labs, Novint/Merscom, Chris Sugrue, N-trig, Wacom, Renesas/QRG, Atmel/QRG, InvenSense, Reportlinker, Sprint/Motorola, Synaptics/LG, Synaptics, Touch International/3M Touch Systems, TouchSystems, Tyco Electronics, Micron Technology, Fujitsu, Philips, Vity Technology, RealPlay, AXIOMTEK, ELAN Home Systems, RTI, Moneual, Field Poll, Zytronic, Carl's Jr./EMN8, iGotcha Media, 3M Touch Systems, iPUBLISH/Cypress, Immersion, Medical Check In Systems, Radiant Systems/BIO-key, Lumidigm, L-1 Identity Solutions/Ultra-Scan, Fidelica Microsystems, BioMETRX, Fujitsu, AuthenTec, Cross Match, BIO-key, L-1 Identity Solutions, HID Global, UPEK, Sagem Morpho, Sequiam Biometrics, Sequiam Corporation/The Sharper Image, Aware, ARX/Swivel Secure, IOGEAR, Adesso

Society for Information Display 2007 Symposium, May 20-25, Long Beach, California; Phillip Hill covers an interesting late-news poster from QSI Corporation

Interview with Steve Hanson from InPlay Technologies

Enhanced touch device function via toolbar utilization by Dave Bhattacharjee

An update on resistive touch panel technology: Conductive Polymer has arrived by Bruce DeVisser

Apple changes the world. Again. by Conrad Blickenstorfer

Display Industry Calendar 

July 31, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Congenital analgia... by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Into the Pixel, Catchyoo, Mindstorm, Perceptive Pixel, GestureTek, Because We Can, Obscura Digital, Microsoft, Someth;ng, Apple, Fingerjig, Mid Sweden University, Zytronic, Touch4/Zytronic, PanelWorx, Barco, Synaptics, Cypress Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics, Ultra-Scan, DisplayBank, iSuppli, Acuity, Dan Didrick, MIT, White Electronic Designs, NTT, New Computer Technologies Company/NextWindow, TaxiTech, Wacom/TouchKO, 3M Touch Systems/Touch International, CRS, Originae, Eleksen, Peter Chen, LOMAK, Art Lebedev Studios, Luxiium, Logitech, Synaptics, Hanwang, Genius, Reachin Technologies, McGill University, Novint Technologies, NTT, University of Manchester, Microsoft/Immersion, Immersion/Nokia, Glasgow University, Eleksen, Peter Chen, LOMAK, Athena, Art Lebedev Studios, Luxiium, Tohoku University, Sensitive Object/Elo TouchSystems, Anoto, Silanis/IBM, CIC/Lenovo, CIC/Softex, Motion Analysis/Icarus Studios, Peladon Software/Parascript, Interlink Electronics/Laser App Software, ARX/H2H Solutions, L-1 Identity Solutions, Precise Biometrics, Hitachi, Sagem Morpho, Privaris/AuthenTec, Lumidigm/Keico, DigitalPersona, Fujitsu/123ID, Atrua, Validity/UPEK, NIST, Oxford Semiconductor/Cogent Systems, Apricorn, Volcano/Cirque, Horizon Technology, EELY, WEDC, InPlay Technologies, Kienzle Systems, Diebold Election Systems, Immersion Medical, SMART Technologies, SMART Technologies/HP, Numonics, Promethean/Sanyo, PolyVision, Livescribe, ZTE, HTC, Pantech

Navigating by touch: the latest GPS offerings: Juxin International, DeLorme, Klegg, Navigon/Porsche, JVC, IOPS, Harman Kardon, Mango Research, Compass Systems, Leadtek, Samsung, Hitachi, Sanyo

Society for Information Display 2007 Symposium, May 20-25, Long Beach, California

Phillip Hill covers presentations from Samsung Electronics and Toshiba Matsushita

A force feedback feel for fabrics: Phillip Hill assesses the current status of the European Union HAPTEX project

Interview with Guillaume Largillier of JazzMutant

Natural interaction: Alessandro Valli gives a fascinating insight into the paradigms of how we interact with our environment, and in particular to the machines and interfaces that we deal with, and explains how they have to change

Why a biometric control system?: Comparing AccessQ for physical access control to a card system…by Maggie Strevell

Poor adoption of ITO replacements - why? by Peter Harrop

Touch screen market grows and prospers: Jennifer Colegrove of iSuppli gives her latest analysis of the market

Last Word: Who the heck is Balda?: Geoff Walker delves into the murky world of who exactly is supplying the touch technology for Apple’s iPhone and comes to a surprising conclusion

Display Industry Calendar 

May 28, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Will Dell’s Tablet PC spark the market? by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: MIT, Philips, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Kristin Jarmun, Tangent, iOO Design, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, Next Generation Pediatrics/GestureTek, Reactable, Withlight, DAHAN T&S, University of East Anglia/King’s College, NextWindow/TORM, Sparkfun Electronics, Applied Sciences, Lightspace, Promethean, NEC Display Solutions, LG, Apple, Horizon Technology/NEC, Saitek, Synaptics/Newton Peripherals, Genius, Studio Roosegaarde, Columbia University, Fujitsu, Elo TouchSystems, Cypress Semiconductor, HP, Savant Systems, Sharp, Toshiba Matsushita, Apex Software, CIC/Lenovo, SmartMetric, Cogent Systems, Smartmachine International/Atrua Technologies, AuthenTec, Labcal Technologies/SETECS, Precise Biometric, Neurotechnologija, Lexmark/Mentalix, Master Lock, iMagic Software, NEC, Schlage, Fujitsu, Wave Systems/ASI Computer Technologies, UPEK, Rand McNally/Encyclopedia Britannica/SMART Technologies, Numonics/Encyclopedia Britannica, Mobile Knowledge/Zytronic, Wohler Technologies, Adhesives Research, 3M, Fujitsu/mCosm, NCR, PhatWare, Nsi, Immersion, Cypress Semiconductor/HP, Touch International, Wacom, SensAble Technologies, MIT/Microsoft Alliance

Tablet PC news: News from NAVIsis, Motion Computing, Dell, HP, Mobile Demand, Panasonic, GETAC, Data Evolution, Samsung, Coxion, Fujitsu, HTC, ClearView, Sungju Computer, and Beijing Peace-East

Interview with Ian Maxwell of RPO

NextWindow introduces the 1900 optical touch screen by Anthony Uhrick

QSI details input device alternatives by Todd Christensen

Touch-Base introduces TouchIT portal by Dave Bhattachargee

Last Word: Backpedaling in Microsoft-Land: The UMPC suddenly gets real by Geoff Walker

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March 30, 2007

Letter from the publisher: The Naegeli Syndrome… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Sharp, Engineered Fibre Structures, Immersion, University of California Irvine, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Organic Motion, University of Southampton, Fujitsu, Kwikset, Axxis Biometrics, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, XM Satellite Radio, NUI Group, MERL, Marek Walczak, IconNicholson, Spyder, Eleksen, Amex Digital, Hanwang, Genius, Blue Sky Designs, ASUS, Teclast, Toshiba, OpenMoko, Samsung, Emano Tec, ARCHOS, Estari, Quantum Research, StacoSwitch, DigitalPersona, SiPix Imaging, Digital View, Brother, Planar, Somatic Digital, Silanis Technology/Geneva Partners, WEDC, Datacap/Parascript, Anoto, Touch International, ARX/CoSign, Neovo/Qtouch technology, Immersion/Sony, Synaptics/Medion, Micro Industries, Liyitec, 3M Touch Systems, mimio, SMART Technologies, Luidia, IEI, PhatWare, CIC, L-1 Identity Solutions/ComnetiX, RSA/Valyd Software, BIO-key International/Advanced Biometric Controls, Toshiba/ Atrua Technologies, Master Lock/BioMETRX, Fujitsu/Sharp/NEC, FinePoint, Authentec/JRC, Acuity Market Intelligence

Tablet PC news: from Motion Computing, Algiz, PaceBlade, TabletKiosk, ASUS, Philips, HTC, Flybook, FlipStart Labs, Amtek, Sony, Sharp, Beijing Peace East Technology, KIDC, Samsung, OQO, Nokia, and Gigabyte

Interview with David Tulbert of STRIKE Technologies

Differences between an RTD and an LCD by Tim Pryor

Advanced interactivity within our reach by Alan Brawn

Skin: “An interactive hyperstereoscopic electro installation” by Phillip Hill

MERL develops two-sided touch table by Phillip Hill

Last Word: A holistic view of touch by Geoff Walker

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February 4, 2007

Letter from the publisher: Touch in a bar… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Perceptive Pixel, Sensitive Wall, Philips Research, Ars Electronica Center, Bill Buxton, Sensacell, Sansa, Puffer Sphere, Studio Roosegaarde, Amnesty International/TASER, Dream Link, ANU, Sunman Kwon, LG Electronics, Chua Wunfong, Luxeed, V12 Design, Sony Ericsson, Apple, Meizu, Samsung, OPPO, Ju Xing, CECT, Calibryze, Cowon, HTC, HP, Next Window, UCLA, NI, Digi-Key/IRTOUCH Systems, Silanis Technology, SID Protect, Nobu, LaserAid, Euclidean Crisis, DigitalPersona, Zytronics, Synaptics, UPEK, Sequiam/Magstone Innovation, Quantum Research, Pay By Touch, KLOSS, Elo TouchSystems, GestureTek, Micro Industries, Interlink, InPlay Technologies, EPOS/Dane-Elec Memory, Hypercom, Samsung/Immersion, Fujitsu, NCR, Luidia/Lintex Nordic, Ascension Technology, Promethean, Mesurand, Cogent/Symwave, Novint Technologies, CIC/Oracle, HAPTEX, IBG, Validity, Elan Home Systems, Cross Match, Dell, BIO-key/ComnetiX

Tablet PC news: News from: OQO, Toshiba, Sahara, Bumblebee, Samwell, Axiotron, Nokia, Microsoft, Medion

Americas Display Engineering & Applications Conference (ADEAC): October 23-26, Atlanta -- Phillip Hill covers presentations from Planar Systems, IGT, and McKesson Provider Technologies

Seeing is believing -- interactively by Alan C. Brawn and Anthony Uhrick

Reintroducing infrared touch technology (part III) by Syling Ye

Interview with David Martin of SMART Technologies

A tough touch challenge by Gary Barrett

Touch and the Apple iPhone by Geoff Walker

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December 31, 2006

Letter from the publisher: The mind and the fingers… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: International Biometrics Group, Cypress/UPEK, Elecom, LaserAid/Polhemus/Digital ArtForms, Sumitomo/Hitachi. Citibank Singapore/Pay By Touch, Yanko Design Group, QinetiQ, Tai-Chi Project, DuPont, United Visual Artists, Electroland, GS Yuasa/University of Tokyo, LAb[au], University of Tsukuba, E-revolution, PIPS:lab, CSIRO, PIKA PIKA, Daan Roosegaarde, Hitachi, TPS, Digital Dash, NEC, Synaptics/Samsung, Quantum Research/NuVo Technologies, InvenSense, Touch International, Lenovo/Wacom, Vision Objects, Hampshire, White Electronics, PhatWare, ZTE/Digit Wireless, eGalax/eMPIA, TST Biometrics, CAM Graphics, Diebold/Secugen. SAS/Precise Biometrics, smartTOUCH Medical, Cross Match, Cogent Systems/3M, SMART, Promethean/Scholastic, EverNote/Fujitsu, Samsung, LendingTools/DigitalPersona

Americas Display Engineering & Applications Conference (ADEAC): October 23-26, Atlanta 24 -- Phillip Hill covers a presentation from A D Metro

Around other conferences…Phillip Hill summarizes the best of the rest from around the world: McGill University and the University of British Columbia; Glasgow University; and Technical University Munich

Technology Showcase: Lumio shows of touch keyboards on any surface by Phillip Hill

The UMPC at the end of 2006 by Geoff Walker

Tablet PC news: Mark Fihn covers news from Gateway, HP, MetaFacts, Motion Computing, Acturion Datasys, NEC, Viewsonic, Encore Software, and LaPazz

Reintroducing infrared touch technology, II by XinBin Liu

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November 24, 2006

Letter from the publisher: The Touch Panel newsletter -- one year old… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Indianapolis Airport, Sony, Adam Richards Architects, James Patten, Timo Arnall, EPSRC/Elumin8, Lab-Au, Apex Software, MVMT/Element Labs, University of Tokyo, Queen’s University Belfast, Wolf and Mok, In2Games, FRONT Design, Somatic Digital, Hela, Art Lebedev Studios, Eindhoven University of Technology, L International, Fujitsu, Hillcrest Labs, Apple, Wacom Europe, University of Geneva, LumiPad, FreeHand, Newton Peripherals/HP, Centre Pompidou, Moritz Waldemeyer, Quantum Research Group/Meizu, Keuco, Microsoft Research, Zytronic, Lansmont/QSI, Synaptics, Touch International, UPEK, Pay By Touch, 3M Touch Systems, Immersion/GeoTel, Oxford Easybook, UK Haptics, Hypercom, Abuzz, Hitachi, Axiomtek, Cypress Semiconductor, Toshiba Matsushita, Napier University/Promethean, Vision Objects, Nuance Communications, AuthenTec/Creston, Diebold, BIO-key, Cross Match Technologies, Novint Technologies, Softex/Lenovo, SecuGen, IdentiMetrics, DigitalPersona, Authentec/Sequiam, Quantum Research Group,

Americas Display Engineering & Applications Conference (ADEAC): October 23-26, Atlanta -- Phillip Hill covers presentations from Dontech, Fujitsu Components America, and Gunze USA

Tablet PC news: Dell, Tablet Goo, Kohjinsha, LGE, Arima, Toshiba, Panasonic, Lenovo, Samsung, Fujitsu, Asus, Azentek, UMEC, DrewTech, and UltraMobile Life

Navigating by touch: Caliber, Lowrance, Nokia, Evaro, Dash Navigation, Averatec, SunLike, Acer, FIC, and E-TEN

Reintroducing infrared touch technology by Cindy Wang

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October 8, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Two-point discrimination… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Crestron, Nobu, Inteset, HoloTouch, IBM/Xing, Novotable, Philips, Logitech, DigitalPersona, BenQ, Lightspace, Adesso, HP, yet2.com, Inition, Apple, HKGZ, Optera/TPK Solutions, Diebold, CeroView/ULTIMedia, LaCie, Hypercom, Lumidigm, NEC, Interlink Electronics, Cogent Systems, Wacom, CRS, Control4, TouchSystems, TIO Networks, Cypress/Symwave, Fujitsu/Softex, Cross Match Technologies, Elo TouchSystems, Active Ink Software, Ipsos Insight, Immersion, PolyVision, Hitachi, PhatWare, NCR, Promethean, AuthenTec, Privaris/Authentec, BIO-key, EON Reality/Navigator Development Group, Kodak, ADEL/TI, Logitech, SMART Technologies

Tablet PC news: Dell, Lenovo, Panasonic, Black Diamond, Catcher, Intel, Evernote, ActiveWords, agopc, Medion, UREN, Sony, Fujitsu, WordsGear

Navigating by touch: HP, Blaupunkt, JVC, Rand McNally, Navman, Pharos, FineDrive, Delphi, Medion, Via-Michelin, So Easy Rider

Interactive digital signage by Anthony Uhrick

Carbon nanotube transparent electrodes for touch screens by Chris Weeks

Bio-Pen ensures that forgers cannot copy signatures by Phillip Hill

Haptics and the Novint Falcon by Mark Fihn

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August 30, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Happy birthday touch screens…35 years old! by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Kloss, Apple, Nanika, SoniColumn, Digital Information Development, Seiko Epson, ART Media, University of Buffalo, Colorado vNet, James Clar & Associates, New York University, GM Nameplate, Logitech, Synaptics, Futronic Technology, IBM, Korg, Sagem Morpho, Panasonic, NextWindow, Cogent Systems, Source Technologies, NEC, Sharp, Synaptics/Pilotfish, Hitachi, AuthenTec, Kontron, BIO-key, Elo, Interlink Electronics, RTI, Vision Objects/iRex Technologies, Eleksen, UEI/Creston Electronics, Planar, Oregon Scientific, Maple Systems, Quantum, SeePoint/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Interview with Mark Mendenhall, President of Elo TouchSystems

The truth about interactive whiteboard durability by Carolyn Dearden

Circular polarizers in resistive touch screens by Geoff Walker

Tablet PC news: TabletKiosk, ASUSTeK, HiPAD, Apex, Aiptek, Mi-Co/Logical Progression, Philips, EverNote, Fujitsu, Raon Digital

Navigating by touch: News from u-blox, Porsche Design, Garmin/TomTom, Trevi, Tibo, Blaupunkt, Dash Navigation, RoyalDigital, LG, Dangaard Telecom, Talex, Acer

TouchView Plus ships from CAM Graphics for 17 years by Mark Fihn

The Last Word: No to laptops in the hold… by Chris Williams

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July 31, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Travel in a fingerprint…   by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Wacom/Microsoft, NIST, SecuGen, HeHe, SAS/Precise Biometrics, Immersion, Lumio, Source Technologies, Xerox/Palm, Synaptics, Identix, Hampshire, Merit Entertainment, ASUS/Authentec, SMART Technologies, Promethean, Planar/Tech Data, Quantum Research Group, Nanoident, Dai Nippon Printing, Privaris, NCSU,

VarTech, Sagem Morpho/ADI, Letterkenny, LG Electronics, Planar Systems/Clarity Visual Systems, Cypress Semiconductor, Maple Systems, InvenSense, Jetmobile, NEC

Frit and the better touch screen… by Gary Barrett

Tablet PC news: Motion Computing, Xplore Technologies, C1 Solutions, abletFactory, Einstein Technologies, Toshiba, White Electronics. Daewoo Lucoms, FreeHand Systems, ARINC

Navigating by touch: News from Crutchfield, ABI Research, Navman, Lowrance, LG, Intill, Sony, Averatec, Altina, Packard Bell, Garmin, d-media, Traffic.com, CyberDrive, DeLorme, Pavion, Shah Capital, Netac, Topcon, Mio Technology, Magellan, PDC, myguide, Tchibo, Prober, Karputer, Yukyung Technologies, Takara

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June 21, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Touching thoughts from SID…  by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Elo TouchSystems, Sagem Morpho, UK Haptics/Reachin Technologies, Cross Match/C-VIS, BIO-key International, CyberTouch, Validity Sensors, noDNA, International Biometric Group, Touch International, Artemis Solutions, Tychi Systems, Pay By Touch, Wacom, Zytronic, Fujitsu, Cogent Systems/UPEK, Identix/Sagem, UPEK, HoloTouch, SensAble Technologies GestureTek, Immersion/eDimensional, Mi-Co/IBM, CIC/IntegraSys, Autodesk/Google, Numonics, PhatWare, Vision Objects, AuthenTec, Virtual Ink, PolyVision, Accenture, Lenovo/AuthenTec, U-Touch, CyberWalk, Bekaert, Blue Man Group, Finger Drums, Immersion, NAVIsis, Samsung, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, SMART Technologies, GestureTek/Insight Media, University of Nebraska

Highlights from the SID show floor: Geoff Walker takes a tour of the exhibition and interviews 20+ companies: 3M Touch, Elo TouchSystems, A D Metro, Bergquist, Chi Lin Technology/Next Window, DigiTech Systems, eGalax, Fujitsu, Gunze, Hampshire, Horizon Technology/General Touch, Immersion, IRTouch Systems, Northpoint Technologies, Plastic Logic, SMART Technologies,

SMK Electronics, Touch International, TouchKO/White Electronic Designs, Wacom, Zytronic

Tablet PC news: News from Motion Computing, USAFA, Panasonic, Samsung, Electrovaya, Fujitsu, 28 Pepper Computer/Hanbit Electronics, Microsoft, General Micro Systems, Sony, Active Ink,

MoBits, Handango, WEDC

Technology Showcase: Phillip Hill takes a look at the latest developments in interactive tabletop technology at Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Navigating by touch: In the second of a new regular section, Mark Fihn covers the news on the emerging navigation market which could be the catalyst to make touch screen technologies take off. News from Fujitsu-Siemens, Polaroid, FusionSoft, Vitas, Parvus, Philips, Inkel, Plena, Kenwood, XROAD, RAmos, Wixzer, Clarion

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May 3, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Into the pixel…  by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Silicon Imaging, Reach Technology, Zytronic, UK Haptics/Reachin Technologies, Sequoia Voting Systems/Jaco Electronics, Novint Technologies, Eleksen/Bora Communications, Cypress Semiconductor/LG, MacDermid Autotype, Vision Objects/Pentel, Cortexa Technology, TouchPoints Survey, NIST, Synaptics/Samsung, UPEK/MXI, Sagem,

Mi-Co, 3M Touch Systems, InPlay Technologies, Hampshire, RTI, Horizon Technology, Hypercom, PolyVision, CIC/Adobe, Gunze USA, Toronto researchers, Pelham Sloane, Precise Biometrics, Nanika, FreeHand Systems, UPEK, Keytec, TIO Networks/Tranax, Next Window, Liyitec, AuthenTec, Elo TouchSystems, TouchPoll, A4Vision, Adhesives Research, BioMETRX, Apple, HP, BIO-key, Novotable

Tablet PC news: Information from Placeforitall, Toshiba, ASUSTeK, Wacom, Data Evolution, Eleksen, Flybook, Fujitsu, Motion Computing, Gateway, iRex

Navigating by touch: News from: CEA, Samsung Electronics, TomTom, Cobra, Medion, Takara, E-Ten, Novogo, Evesham, Sony, Magellan, Alpine, Sorell, Torq

UMPC Update: What’s happened since the March 9th Launch? by Geoff Walker

A detailed review and commentary of the activities related to the new UMPC platform and its implications relating to touch screen technologies

Low-cost capacitive touchscreens drive new innovations in appliance design by Chris Ard

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March 13, 2006

Letter from the publisher: Touch in a touchless world…  by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Samsung, UPEK, Art Lebedev, Hewlett Packard Labs, Logitech, Radica Games/Sega Toys, 3M Touch Systems/Immersion, Zuum, Tangent, Virtual Ink, Plastic Logic, CIC/CSC, SMART Technologies, PolyVision, PhatWare, Gorenje/Quantum, Fujitsu, UPEK/Freescale Semiconductor, Apple, Trilogy Touch Technology/Tech Data, QSI, TouchKO/ White Electronic Designs. International Biometric Group, Yanko Design Group, Pentax, Immersion/SMK, New York University, HP, Eleksen, Immersion/Electro Source, CIC/Hypercom, Media Information Science Laboratories, Medion/Authentec, Elo, Sharp, Atrua/Varatouch Technologies, Microsoft, Moobella, Nintendo

Technology Showcase: Buffalo University fingerprint recognition

Interview with Hash Pakbaz of Cambrios

Tablet PC news: Information from Placeforitall, TabletKiosk, Sahara Computers, Panasonic, Acer, Sharp, Willcom, Microsoft, Intel, ASUSTeK, Founder, Samsung, TabletKiosk, and PBJ

Touching Origami: Microsoft’s UMPC Platform: Geoff Walker provides a wealth of insights about Microsoft’s new UMPC devices, particularly in relation to touch capabilities.

Origami: Paper art form from Japan; versatile PC project codename…

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February 6, 2006

Letter from the publisher: On “Proprioception”…  by Mark Fihn

Touch panel news from around the world: Geo Dec, Pay By Touch/BioPay, Wacom Technology, Viisage Technology/Identix, UPEK/Itronix, Hand Held Products/RMS-Touch, Quantum, Philips,

Immersion Corporation, Maple Systems, Gesture Tek, CIC, EPOS, AuthenTec, SMART Technologies, Virtual Ink, Cortexa Technology, CIC/Valyd, Ethertouch, Fujitsu, Vision Objects, Tychi Systems, PhatWare, PLUS Vision, Gunze, Eleksen, Plexera, Insight Media/Commodore, PortalPlayer, MERL

Tablet PC news: Apple, Microsoft, Sony, E Ink, iRex, Jinke, SpeedGear, Xplore, Pepper Computer, Samsung, Ace Asia, Jaco Electronics/Sequoia Voting Systems, Toshiba, Asus, OQO, Ford/Stargate Mobile, e-Stand

Is the Tablet PC ready to penetrate the consumer market? by Geoff Walker

Interview with Ted Cox of TouchKO

Technology Showcase

  + USC Viterbi: New haptics system helps stroke patients to regain functions

  + Holotouch suspends large images in the air for easy keyboarding

The “Sight of Touch”:  Mark Fihn takes a look at how touch technologies are being applied to the arts

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December 29, 2005

Letter from the publisher:  Extent of the coverage of the Touch Panel newsletter by Mark Fihn

Touch panel news from around the world: Immersion/Volkswagen, Elo TouchSystems, Troll Touch, Medion/AuthenTec, SenseGraphics, HAI, Mi-Co, Identix, GestureTek, ASSIST, PhatWare, SMART Technologies, EPOS, Active Ink, Hitachi, Lenovo, Immersion, Lucidiom, University of Tokyo, Next Window, LG/Cypress, Elo Touchsystems

Tablet PC news: News from iRex Technologies, Acer, Nokia, Lenovo, DualCor Technologies, Gotive, FreeHand Systems, and SCEL

Interview with Steve Sedaker of Wacom

iSuppli Flat Information Display Conference: Presentations from Samsung, Toshiba and Plastic Logic

Novel Christmas “touches”

Technology Showcase: Clarkson University engineer outwits high-tech fingerprint fraud

Last word:  The future of the Tablet PC:  Geoff Walker takes a look at Microsoft’s philosophy and long-term strategy

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November 27, 2005

Letter from the publisher:  Introducing the Touch Panel by Mark Fihn

Touch panel news from around the world: TMD, Synaptics/Medion, NEC Display Solutions UPEK, 3M/NEC, HoloTouch, Interlink Electronics, Elo TouchSystems, FogScreen, Methode Electronics/Immersion, TouchSense, AuthenTec, Logitech, Tangent, Ethertouch, HitachiSoft, Immersion/I-play, PolyVision, Promethean/Riverdeep, SMART Technologies, 3M Touch Systems/Immersion, Hitachi/EverNote, GestureTek, Horizon/General Touch, Synaptics/Packard Bell, LaCie/UPEK, Wacom, Zytronic, and Quantum

Why Tablet PCs have not taken off:  by Mark Fihn

Tablet PC news:  IBM/Lenovo, FinePoint Innovations/InPlay Technologies, Mercury Computer Systems, Gateway, Pepper Computer, Dialogue Technology, Connoisseur Electronics, Handango, Fujitsu, TabletKiosk, Toshiba, Acer

Interview with John Stetson of Gunze USA

SID: Americas Display Engineering and Applications Conference (ADEAC 2005):

+ Smart Technologies:  From small size to wall size

+ Fujitsu:  Selecting resistive touch panels to match the LCD and user application

+ 3M Touch Systems:  Integrating touch screens and optical films

+ Microsoft:  PlayAnywhere - a compact vision-based tabletop display

Technology Showcase:  Tokyo University produces Khronos Projector for movie manipulation

Palm rejection on resistive touchscreens:  Geoff Walker explains one of the big “gotchas” associated with resistive touchscreens

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