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Issue 57

 

April 30, 2012

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Letter from the publisher: The projected capacitive stylus…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Toshiba, Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank, Fujitsu, Touch International, NEST41, NineSigma, Atmel, University of East Anglia, DigitalOptics Corporation/MMD, iSuppli, Saarland University, University of Pittsburgh, Flutter, Garmin, Solutions Cubed, Gemalto/KDDI, Touch Revolution, NDSU, Microchip Technology, Printechnologics, Scriptel, In-Stat, NXP/HID Global, DocuSign, Cypress Semiconductor, TPK, Anime Studio, Wacom, Apple, Nokia, Sandia, Zytronic, Woodcraft, University of Utah, Savant Systems/LiteTouch, Stanford University, GM/NASA, Microsoft, Microsoft Research, one2TOUCH, Adobe, MobileSTAT, 3M/Zephyr Technology

FPD China 2012 Conference, March 20-22, 2012, Shanghai, China by Robert Phares

TEI, February 19-22, 2012, Kingston, Ontario; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Carnegie Mellon University, TU Berlin/CSIRO ICT Centre, KTH Royal Institute of Technology/University of Melbourne, University of Calgary/University of St. Andrews, University of Yamanashi, and Berlin University of the Arts

CSCW, February 11-15, 2012, Seattle, Washington; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Waterloo/Queen’s University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, HUGE Inc./Google Inc., University of California, and Microsoft Research

VRCAI, December 11-12, 2011, Hong Kong, China; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Nanyang Technological University, Xi’an Jiaotong University/Chinese Academy of Sciences, The George Washington University, and Institute for Infocomm Research - A*STAR/Thales Solutions Asia Pte. Ltd

Touch Gesture Motion Conference, December 7-8, 2011, Austin, Texas; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from IMS Research, Ocular, Omek Interactive, and PointGrab Ltd

Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 13-16, 2011, Kobe, Japan; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from OFFIS Institute for IT/University of Oldenburg, The University of Tokyo, Osaka University, University of Waterloo, Victoria University of Wellington/Carleton University, Kyoto Sangyo University, The University of Tokyo, Stanford University, University of Glasgow, t2i Lab/ETH Zurich/University of Tokyo, and University of Bergen

Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, November 8-11, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Nottingham/University of Lincoln/Aerial, Universidade do Porto/Instituto de Telecomunicações, University of Technology of Compiègne, and University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf

SID Vehicle Displays and Interfaces Symposium, October 20-21, 2011, Dearborn, Michigan; Phillip Hill covers presentations from IMS Research, Elektrosil Systeme der Elektronik GmbH, Semtech Neuchâtel Sarl, and North American Coating Laboratories

Mobile HCI, August 30 – September 2, Stockholm, Sweden; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Tampere University of Technology/University of Tampere, Pohang University of Science and Technology/LG Electronics, University of Glasgow, University of Bristol/University of Manitoba, KAIST, and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, August 5-7, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia

Bedtime it’s all about winning – Really! by Andy Marken

Last Word: “Stylus? Yerk! Who wants a stylus?” by Guillaume Largillier

Calendar of Events

 76 pages

 

Issue 56

 

March 28, 2012

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Letter from the publisher: In Coming… In-Cell by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: N-trig/Nvidia, Gunze, Kik Interactive, Atmel, Adobe, Fujifilm, Toray, Cypress Semiconductor, Chaotic Moon Labs, Georgia Tech, Samsung, HP, Kodak/Heraeus, Logitech, Perkins School for the Blind, Sony, University of British Columbia, Saelig, Microsoft, ARCHOS, Immersion/Motorola Mobility, Cybernet, Sensable, Neonode, FlatFrog, Apple, Toshiba, iYogi Insights, IAR Systems, PlaySpan/Frank N. Magid Associates, Prysm, and Oregon Scientific/Neonode

SIGGRAPH Asia Emerging Technologies, December 14-15, 2011, Hong Kong, China; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Keio University/The University of Electro-Communications, Institute for Infocomm Research, National Taiwan University/Academia Sinica, National University of Singapore/Keio University, and Toyohashi University of Technology

Touch Gesture Motion Conference, December 7-8, 2011, Austin, Texas; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from IMS Research, isiQiri Interface Technologies Inc., Light Blue Optics, NextWindow, and N-trig

OzCHI, November 28 – December 2, 2011, Canberra, Australia; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Auckland, University of Queensland, and University of Technology Sydney

ACM Multimedia 2011, November 28 – December 1, 2011, Scottsdale, Arizona; In the second of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Arizona State University, National Taiwan University, Informatics and Telematics Institute/Dublin City University/Telecom ParisTech/University of Geneva, and EURECOM

International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, November 14-18, 2011, Alicante, Spain; In the second of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Texas A&M University, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/Telecom-ParisTech, Georgia Institute of Technology/Tin Man Labs, and Aalto University/Nokia Research Center

Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 13-16, 2011, Kobe, Japan; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Otto-von-Guericke University, IT University of Copenhagen, Graz University of Technology, University of Glasgow, Ochanomizu University, Tsinghua University, and K.U. Leuven

Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, November 8-11, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Utrecht University, University of Applied Sciences/Lang AG, University of Central Florida, Aalborg University/University of Queensland, and QLD University of Technology

ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition, November 3-6, 2011, Atlanta, Georgia; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Simon Fraser University, University of North Carolina/Portland State University, and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, August 9-11, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the fourth of four reports on this adjunct to the main conference, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Keio University, Keio University/INRIA, MIT Media Lab/Tokyo Institute of Technology/Comenius University, and The University of Tokyo

Decoding Touch Technology by Gary Barrett

Last Word: Touch market to reach $14 billion in 2012 by Cathleen Thiele

 72 pages

 

Issue 55

 

February 6, 2012

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Letter from the publisher: Handbook of Visual Display Technologies: Touch technologies…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Staples, iYogi Insights Research, Fujitsu, Synaptics, Kount, Ideum, SoftKinetic, Bootstrapper, NUITEQ/Lenovo, Sharp, Nintendo, Zytronic, Displaybank, Kindle, Kionix, MicroVision, Elo TouchSystems, TE Connectivity, FlatFrog, Corning, Cypress Semiconductor, MultiTouch, Xtrinsic, American Industrial Systems, VTI Technologies, Touch Revolution, SOASTA, Hatch, Mozilla, Monster Media/Katy Perry, SkyGrid, NDS, Neonode, University of California at Santa Barbara, SnapKeys, TouchFire, Samsung/Apple, Infinite Research, Apple, Pantech Element/Immersion, STMicroelectronics, University of Cambridge, MarketPublishers, Kno, SMK-Link, Microchip/Demmel, EXOPC, Jaja, Nuance Communications, Immersion/Pantech, KAIST, 3M, GM, and Octa/Photonic Bliss

SIGGRAPH Asia 2011, December 12-15, Hong Kong, China; Phillip Hill covers papers from Square Enix Co. Ltd., University of Edinburgh, A*STAR, and University of Münster/University of Würzburg

Printed Electronics USA 2011, November 30 – December 1, Santa Clara, California; The majority of this conference is being covered in our sister newsletter Flexible Substrate, but here Phillip Hill covers a presentation from PolyIC

OzCHI, November 28 – December 2, 2011, Canberra, Australia; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Sydney University, University of Tasmania (x2), and Queensland University of Technology

International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, November 14-18, 2011, Alicante, Spain; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland/University of Fribourg, Télécom ParisTech, Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia/University of Cagliari, and NICTA

Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 13-16, 2011, Kobe, Japan; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Konstanz, University of Münster, Purdue University/LG Electronics/Qualcomm, University of Calgary/University of Waterloo, University of Waterloo, Microsoft Research/University of California/University of Calgary, RWTH Aachen University, and University of Sydney (x2)

Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, November 8-11, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Tokyo/University of Bergen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Harvard University, New University of Lisbon, Aarhus School of Architecture/University of Aarhus, University of Applied Arts/University of Vienna, Technical University of Lisbon, and The University of Electro-Communications/INRIA

ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition, November 3-6, 2011, Atlanta, Georgia; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Georgia Institute of Technology (x2), and Parsons The New School for Design

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, August 9-11, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the third of four reports on this adjunct to the main conference, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Fachhochschule Bielefeld, The University of Tokyo/Keio University, National University of Singapore, Keio University, and The University of Tokyo

Understanding touchscreen electromagnetic interference sources by Vadim Konradi

Understanding the user response to interface technologies by John Feland

Last Word: The death of keyboards and the Japanese experience by Bill Finn

Calendar of Events

 72 pages

 

Issue 54

 

January 27, 2012

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Letter from the publisher: No longer emerging…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Seoul National University, eyeSight/CogniVue, INSIDE Secure, Touch Revolution, AIS, Tobii Technology, Bruno Zamborlin/Norbert Schnell, Cypress Semiconductor, Gemalto, Garmin, EarlySense, Samsung Electronics, ABI Research, R&R Marketing, Sanden, Hewlett-Packard, JP Morgan, Art Center College of Design, Synaptics, Atmel, Tokyoflash, Acer, Ideum, Movea, Movea/Universal Electronics, ASUS, Wacom, Art Lebedev, ExoPC, Agloves, Corning, Ceva, Lenovo, Renesas, Mitsubishi, ViewSonic, MultiTouch, Sharp, Nicla Rossini, and NineSigma

SIGGRAPH Asia Emerging Technologies, December 14-15, 2011, Hong Kong, China; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Keio University, Osaka University/Worcester Polytechnic Institute, National University of Singapore, National Taiwan University/The University of Tokyo, and Keio University/The University of Tokyo/JST ERATO IGARASHI Design Interface Project

Touch Gesture Motion Conference, December 7-8, 2011, Austin, Texas; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from AMD, BDTI, BizWitz, EyeSight Mobile Technologies, FlatFrog, and Hillcrest Labs

ACM Multimedia, November 28 – December 1, 2011, Scottsdale, Arizona; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Zhejiang University/Hangzhou Normal University, Nanyang Technological University/Microsoft Research, Academia Sinica/National Tsing Hua University, University of Toronto, and University of Trento

UIST, October 16-19, 2011, Santa Barbara, California; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from The University of Electro-Communications, KAIST, University of Lille/INRIA Lille, and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd

eReaders 2011 Conference, September 29-30, San Francisco, California; Phillip Hill covers a presentation from IMS Research

DisplaySearch China FPD Conference, September 8-9, 2011, Shanghai, China; Phillip Hill covers a presentation from DisplaySearch

Emerging Display Technologies Conference, August 16-17, 2011, San Jose, California; In the third of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Touch International, Immersion, DisplaySearch, and Schott Asia

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, August 9-11, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the second of four reports on this adjunct to the main conference, Phillip Hill covers presentations from The University of Tokyo/Keio University, Keio University/The University of Tokyo/TEAMLAB Inc., Keio University, INRIA/Immersion SAS, The University of Electro-Communications, and KAIST

Conference on Interaction Design and Children, June 20-23, 2011, Ann Arbor, Michigan; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Oulu, California College of the Arts, Stanford University School of Education/AT&T Research, University of Maryland/Montclair State University, and University of Illinois at Chicago

EICS 2011, June 13-16, 2011, Pisa, Italy; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Ionian University, University of Calgary, ISTI-CNR, and Hasselt University/RWTH Aachen University/University of Calgary 

CHI, May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the fourth of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from MIT Media Lab/University of Waterloo/Tactable Inc., Nanyang Technological University, Interactive Institute Umeå/Umeå University, Brown University/Google Research/Microsoft Research, University of Washington, University of Duisburg-Essen/University of Warwick/German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence/University of Stuttgart, The Open University, The University of Tokyo, RWTH Aachen University, Microsoft Research/University of Washington, Microsoft Research/University of Maryland, RWTH Aachen University, Arizona State University, and Kochi University of Technology/Shenyang University of Technology/University of Toronto

Interactive Displays Conference, April 25-26, 2011, Sacramento, California; In the fourth of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Atmel Corporation, Snibbe Interactive, MultiTouch, and GestureTek Inc.

Music on Touch Screens by David Villarina

Last Word: Infobar C01 by Jin Kim

 72 pages

 

Issue 53

 

December 24, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: TGM…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Samsung/Microsoft, Sharp, Swype/Nuance, Atmel, KSI, Barnes & Noble, IDT, Cypress, TAOS, Oberthur Technologies/AuthenTec, DocuSign, SMK-Link Electronics, University of Munich/Hasso Plattner Institute, Orbotech, Kobo, OneForAll, NEC, Pew Research, EPFL, University of Aachen, Capella Microsystems, Plessey, Motorola Solutions, Semtech, eMatic, Parks Associates, Adesso, YuMe/LG Electronics, OMVS, Ruwido, AIS, Adobe, Baanto, Microsoft, Evoluce, Improv Electronics, MMD, CEA, DisplaySearch, Neonode/Sonim, Google, Synaptics/Microsoft, KMI, Max Planck Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, LG Display, TPK, MimoMonitors, Kodak, PolyIC, Sony, Wacom, Kodak/Heraeus, Intel, IMS, Snibbe Studio, SMART Technologies, NPD DisplaySearch, Touch World, Atmel, LG Electronics, TruTouch Technologies, and Displaybank

AIMCAL Web Coating Conference, October 23-26, 2011, Reno, Nevada; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Dontech Inc., and Applied Materials

UIST, October 16-19, 2011, Santa Barbara, California; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Ritsumeikan University, Queen’s University, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), KAIST, and University of California at Santa Barbara

DisplaySearch China FPD Conference, September 8-9, 2011, Shanghai, China; Phillip Hill covers a presentation from DisplaySearch

Emerging Display Technologies Conference, August 16-17, 2011, San Jose, California; In the second of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Atmel, Zytronic, and N-trig Inc.

SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies, August 9-11, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the first of four reports on this adjunct to the main conference, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Kanazawa Institute of Technology/Kanazawa Technical College/Kanazawa University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, MIT Media Lab, Disney Research/Disney Interactive Studios, and University of Rennes

Conference on Interaction Design and Children, June 20-23, 2011, Ann Arbor, Michigan; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Saarland University/University of Warwick/University of Sussex, Stanford University, Simon Fraser University/Royal Roads University, and University of Strathclyde/Saarland University

SID International Symposium, May 17-20, 2011, Los Angeles, California; In this third of three reports, Phillip Hill covers the pick of the posters with presentations from Wamco Incorporated, Maxim Integrated Products, AU Optronics Corporation, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Daikin America, National Chiao Tung University, isiQiri Interface Technologies GmbH/JKU Linz, and National Cheng Kung University/Cando Technology Center

CHI, May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from NTT Communication Science Laboratories/University of Tsukuba, University of Copenhagen, Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences, National Taiwan University, RWTH Aachen University/University of Zurich, University of Konstanz/Microsoft Research, University of Calgary, University of Warwick/The Open University/user-x.com, Microsoft Research/Brunel University, Research In Motion Limited, University of British Columbia/Technische Universität Darmstadt, Research In Motion Limited/University of Paris, University of Tampere/Aito Interactive Inc., and Georgia Institute of Technology

Interactive Displays Conference, April 25-26, 2011, Sacramento, California; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Anoto AB, WRT Associates, and iSuppli

Last Word: User Interface TV -- Microsoft is right and Apple is wrong by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar

 74 pages

 

Touch Panel

Special Edition

Touch

Gesture

Motion

 

November 18, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: A Touch of Texas…by Mark Fihn

Touch Gesture Motion – Line-up

Speaker and company summaries

       + Ian Weightman -- IMS Research

       + Ross Young -- IMS Research

       + Geoff Walker -- IMS Research

       + Paul Erickson -- IMS Research

       + Paul Resta -- UT Austin

       + John Feland -- Argus Insights

       + David Carey -- UBM TechInsights

       + Zachi Baharav -- Corning

       + Gerry Seidman -- Tactonic Technologies

       + Bob Senior -- isiQiri Interface Technologies

       + Gary Baum -- N-trig

       + Al Davis -- Consultant

       + Mike McSherry -- Nuance Communications

       + Michael Woolstrum -- Touch International

       + David Nolte -- Ocular

       + Ola Wassvik -- FlatFrog

       + John Doherty and Mike Stinson -- Motion Computing

       + Gerald Morrison -- SMART Technologies

       + David Potter -- Interactive Product Solutions

       + Dan Doyle -- Toca Technologies

       + Dan Van Ostrand -- UniPixel

Links

       + Francois Jeanneau -- Stantum

       + Rusty Stapp -- NextWindow

       + Jay Esfandyari -- STMicro

       + Francois Jeanneau -- Stantum

       + Rusty Stapp -- NextWindow

       + Jay Esfandyari -- STMicro

       + Jonathan Epstein -- Omek Interactive

       + Jeff Bier -- BDTI

       + Bill Curtis -- AMD

       + Dave Rothenberg -- Movea

       + Navin Natoewal -- Philips

       + Dan Simpkins -- Hillcrest Labs

       + Jerry Koontz -- TAOS

       + David Barnes -- BizWitz

       + Michael Klug -- Zebra Imaging

       + Kurt Hoffmeister -- Mechdyne

       + Ray Ramati -- Extreme Reality

       + Tom Armbruster -- Oblong Industries

       + Francis MacDougal -- Qualcomm

       + Gideon Schmuel -- eyeSight

       + Jonathan Josephson -- Quantum Interface

       + Yoav Hoshen -- PointGrab

       + Mark Lucente -- Consultant

 

44 pages

 

Issue 52

 

October 28, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: Slide rules, calculators, and iPads…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: HP, Hilco Streambank/RPO, Bookeen, Elektrosil, Touch-Base, University of Groningen, Touch International, Displaybank, Interactive Touch, Microsoft, Cypress Semiconductor, DigitalOptics/Celluon, DisplaySearch, MediaTile/Sprint, DigiTimes Research, Kyocera, Epesitec, TopoTech, FlatFrog, In-Stat, Strategy Analytics, TE Connectivity, MultiTouch, Bally Technologies, Immersion, IDENT Technology/AU Optronics, SCHOTT, Garmin, Logitech, Semtech, TFC Info, Hillcrest Labs, AuthenTec, Bosch, IDC, NUITEQ, Yale Locks & Hardware, Wacom, eyeSight/Huan TV, Allied Electronics/IDEC, Solomon Systech, Epson, OpenNI, Microchip, KMI, Razer, Georgia Tech, US Army, University of Tokyo/Sony Computer Science Lab, MIT Media Labs, Apple/Samsung, 2GIG Technologies, Aakash, Amazon, Apple, Atmel, Murata Manufacturing, Touch Revolution, AuthenTec, Disney,Lens Technology, Fuji Crystal, G-Tech, Laibao Hi-Tech, Touchingtek, SMK, and National University of Singapore 

EICS 2011, June 13-16, 2011, Pisa, Italy; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from OFFIS Institute for IT/University of Oldenburg, ETH Zurich/Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and University of Cagliari

SID/DisplaySearch Business Conference, May 16, 2011, Los Angeles, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Hanvon, DisplaySearch, and ChiMei Innolux Corp

DisplaySearch Taiwan FPD International Conference, April 14-15, 2011, Taipei, Taiwan; Phillip Hill covers two presentations from DisplaySearch

SID Texas Chapter Touch Seminar, April 1, 2011, Austin, Texas; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Applied Nanotech Inc, Touch International, and Atmel Corporation

Augmented Human Conference, March 13-14, 2011, Tokyo, Japan; Phillip Hill covers papers from UEC Tokyo/University of California/UW-Milwaukee, RWTH Aachen University, Osaka University (x2), Toyohashi University of Technology, University of Tsukuba, and University of Munich

International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, February 13-16, 2011, Palo Alto, California; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence/Saarland University, University of California, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Beijing Institute of Technology, Arizona State University, and German Research Center for AI

TEI’11, January 22-26, 2011, Funchal, Portugal; In the fourth of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from California College of the Arts, Technische Universität Dresden, NEC Corporation, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, University of Crete, Simon Fraser University, and Real Time Musical Interactions/NoDesign

Tomorrow’s Screens by Andy Marken

Why NIMble is better than the iPad for kiosks by Matt Rosenthal

Carriers Matter: Is Sprint 4G + iPhone 5 > ATT 3.5G + Verizon 4G + iPhone 4? by John Feland

Last Word: A mono-tasking machine for reading books by Jin Kim

 70 pages

 

Issue 51

 

September 28, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: Finger painting II…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Invisa, AuthenTec, Panasonic, Livescribe, InFocus, AuthenTec/Fujitsu, IDC, Yamaha, Godrej, Evoluce, Newline, Cambrios/Hitachi Chemical, TFC Info, Immersion/Texas Instruments, Nuance Communications, Fujitsu/NTT Docomo/AuthenTec, SnapKeys, DocuSign, TazPad, Bally Technologies, Microchip, Intel Capital, Kno, ABI Research, Cronto, WordLogic, Organic Motion, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, N-trig/Lenovo, Cypress Semiconductor, DisplaySearch, CornDigital, Displaybank, UCCTW, Solutia, MIT, Touch International,

Disney Research/Carnegie Mellon University, Samsung, Haier Group, and Razer

Emerging Display Technologies Conference, August 16-17, 2011, San Jose, California; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, Touch Revolution, and Ocular LCD

SID International Symposium, May 17-20, 2011, Los Angeles, California; In this second of three reports, Phillip Hill covers the last two days of the conference with presentations from Schott AG, Honeywell International, and University of Toronto

CHI, May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Phillips Exeter Academy/University of Washington/Microsoft Research, University of Washington/Google Research, Virginia Tech, University of British Columbia/University of Canterbury/Northwestern University, INRIA Lille, Hasso Plattner Institute, Autodesk Research/University of Toronto, University of Glasgow/SAMH Engineering, University of Washington/Intel Labs Seattle, University of Glasgow, Autodesk Research/University of Alberta/University of Manitoba, University of Waterloo/Google Research, Drexel University, and Wellesley College/Tufts University/Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Interactive Displays Conference, April 25-26, 2011, Sacramento, California; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Touch International, Helios Interactive Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, and Artificial Muscle

International Display Workshop 2010, December 1-5, 2010, Fukuoka, Japan; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers this event sponsored by The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and The Society for Information Display, with papers from the session on touch panels & input technologies. Presentations from Sharp Laboratories of Europe, Toshiba Mobile Display Co Ltd, LG Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, AU Optronics Technology Center, and The University of Tokyo

VRST, November 22-24, 2010, Hong Kong, China; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Université Européenne de Bretagne/INRIA, Universitat de Barcelona/University College London, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation/Tohoku University/Osaka University, and Asian Institute of Technology/National Institute of Informatics/United Nations University/Thammasat University

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 7-10, 2010, Saarbrücken, Germany; In the fourth of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Munich, Newcastle University, Université de Toulouse, The University of Tokyo, Lancaster University, Orange Labs, University of Calgary, University of Calgary/Petrobras S.A./ Computer Modelling Group Ltd., RWTH Aachen University, Brunel University/University of Bristol/Microsoft Research, Tampere University of Technology/Nokia Research Center, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and Microsoft Research

ACM Multimedia 2010 International Conference, October 25-29, 2010, Florence, Italy; In the third of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from National Taiwan University/University of Udine, University of Toronto, University of Vienna/Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and University of Science and Technology of China/Microsoft Research Asia

Mobile HCI 2010, September 7-10, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal; In the third of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Oldenburg, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/ Sabanci University, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, University of Canterbury/T-Systems Switzerland, and DOCOMO Euro-Labs

Interview with Kelly Leff from Touch International

Capturing the robustness of glass panels in touch-screen displays by Craig Hillman

To Swipe or Not to Swipe: Designing Intuitive Gesture-Based Human Interface Systems by Ahsan Javed

Display Industry Calendar

 74 pages

 

Issue 50

 

August 21, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: Finger painting…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: University of Illinois, Vizio, Hatch/SMART Technologies, Compal, Taiwan Glass, Amazon, AuthenTec, Perceptive Pixel, HP, Touch International, Cando, Chi Mei Materials, Iljin Display, Wintek/Tianma, Accenture, Parks, DisplaySearch, Movea, TMD, Displaybank, iSuppli, University of Tokyo, Zytronic, Toray, Neonode, Artificial Muscle, Immersion, FusionPage Interactive/MultiTouch, Kionix, Analog Devices, Cyviz, Logitech, Samsung Mobile, Toshiba, Cypress Semiconductor, Digital Rapids, J Touch/Young Fast, AimCore, Ricoh, Zilog, Bally Technologies, Motion Computing, Planar, InFocus, and GestureTek/Qualcomm

The Future of Touch & Interactivity Conference, May 18, 2011, Los Angeles, California; In the second of two reports from this conference jointly organized by IMS and SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from BizWitz, Tactonic Technologies, Quantum Interface, SMART Technologies, and Tech-D-P

SID International Symposium 2011, May 17-20, Los Angeles, California; In this first report of two, Phillip Hill covers the first three days of the conference with presentations from Taiwan Electrets Electronics, Synaptics Inc., Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Toshiba Mobile Display, FlatFrog Laboratories AB, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory/Advanced Film Device Inc, and Toshiba Mobile Display

CHI, May 7-12, 2011, Vancouver, British Columbia; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Hasso Plattner Institute, KAIST, National University of Singapore/Singapore Management University, Microsoft Research/University of Maryland/Cornell University, Pixar Animation Studios/University of California Berkeley/Technische Universität Berlin, Microsoft Research, University of California Irvine/Universidad Autónoma de Baja, University of California Berkeley/ETH/EPFL, Nanyang Technological University, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Disney Research, University of Bath, KAIST, Nokia Research Center/Hasso Plattner Institute, and University of Washington/Intel Labs

Interactive Displays Conference, April 25-26, 2011, Sacramento, California; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Yamaha Corporation of America, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Intel Labs, and NCR Netkey

TEI’11, January 22-26, 2011, Funchal, Portugal; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from KAIST/MITI, Newcastle University/Carnegie Mellon University, Northwestern University, University of the Arts Berlin/Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, TU Berlin/University of Canterbury, The Open University, and Georgia Institute of Technology

Review: Motion Computing CL900 tablet computer by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer

People, work, play and content are on the move by Andy Marken

Last Word: e-Books vs. Tablets: Market mania with confusion? by Aldo Cugnini

Display Industry Calendar

 70 pages

 

Issue 49

 

June 12, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: Apples and honey…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: AppSide, Zytronic, Neonode, NV3 Technologies, Mechdyne, Wintek, The Publishers Association, AIS, Xplore, EEDOO/SoftKinetic Studios, T1Visions, Ocular, Multitouch/FIMM, Cambrios, Displaybank, Intel Capital/Kno, Cypress Semiconductor, Sensosolutions, RedMere, Hanvon, ESTECOM/Baanto, Stantum, Immersion, N-trig, Perceptive Pixel, Black Box, Sparkpad, Semtech, VTI, Immersion/Bayer MaterialScience, Evoluce, Nuance, Toshiba, Slice HD, Touch International/NUITEQ, Google, 3M, Nintendo, Dell, Touch International, Gartner, Association of American Publishers, Hasso Plattner Institute, Research In Motion, Kyocera, Sony, BAE Systems, Garmin, Renesas Electronics America, Emerging Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Oxford University, Mudpad, ARBOR Technology, Wintek, Cambrios/Synaptics, Peratech, NUITEQ, AGC, FlatFrog, DisplaySearch, Sumimoto Chemical, Electronic Art, North Dakota State University, Microsoft, and University of Electro-Communications

eBook & Tablet Market Evolution Conference, May 19, 2011, Los Angeles, California; In this report from this conference jointly organized by IMS and SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Hanvon Technology, and IMS Research

The Future of Touch & Interactivity Conference, May 18, 2011, Los Angeles, California; In the first of two reports from this conference jointly organized by IMS and SID, Phillip Hill covers presentations from IMS Research USA, Synaptics, Ocular LCD, and Zebra Imaging

TEI’11, January 22-26, 2011, Funchal, Portugal; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Stanford University, University of Munich, Louisiana State University, and Umeå University/Microsoft Research

SIGGRAPH Asia 2010, December 15-18, 2010, Seoul, South Korea; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from International Institute of Information Technology, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Ritsumeikan University, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 7-10, 2010, Saarbrücken, Germany; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Calgary (x2), University of Lübeck/Lancaster University, Augsburg University, DFKI GmbH, Kwansei Gakuin University/Kobe University/Okayama Prefecture University, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Tsinghua University, University of Konstanz, University of Munich, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf/Lang AG, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering/a3 Systems GmbH/Folkwang University, Keio University, and Konkuk University

ACM Multimedia 2010 International Conference, October 25-29, 2010, Florence, Italy; In the second of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from National Taiwan University/National Palace Museum, Centrica, University of Ottawa, Technische Universität München, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MultiTaction: Technology platform for multi-touch LCDs of any size by Hannu Anttila and Tommi Ilmonen

Myths debunked: Pros and cons of ITO/flex 62 Applications, capabilities and performance by John Fenn

Last Word: Amazon to offer Tablet PCs: Possibly making tablets a two-man race… by Ken Werner

 69 pages
 

Touch Panel

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The Future of Touch & Interactivity

 SID 2011

 

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Letter from the publisher: The future of touch and interactivity…by Mark Fihn

The Future of Touch & Interactivity: SID Market Focus Conference Series – Line-up

The Future of Touch & Interactivity: SID Market Focus Conference Series – Agenda

Speaker and company summaries

       + Brian Berkeley -- SID

       + Andrew Woods  -- Curtin University

       + Michael Klug  -- Zebra Imaging

       + Larry Mozdzyn  -- Ocular

       + Vernon Spencer  -- Visual Planet

       + Rick Seger  -- N-trig

       + Joe Kotas  -- Baanto

       + Kuniharu Takei  -- UC, Berkeley

       + Bob Mackey  -- Synaptics

       + Francois Jeanneau  -- Stantum

       + John Jacobs -- Cisco

       + Geoff Walker  -- IMS Research

       + Ian Weightman  -- IMS Research

       + Richard Marks  -- Sony

       + Stephen Atwood  -- Azonix

       + Iris Finkelstein-Sagi  -- PrimeSense

       + Ken Perlin  -- NYU Media Lab

       + Gerry Seidman  -- Tactonic Technologies

       + Bruce Banter  -- Tech-D-P

       + Daniel Wigdor  -- University of Toronto

       + Pete Silva and Brian Pinkham  -- Photonic Bliss

       + Gerald Morrison  -- SMART Technologies

       + Jonathan Josephson  -- Quantum Interface

       + Adrian Travis  -- Microsoft Research

       + David Barnes  -- BizWitz

       + Francis MacDougall  -- GestureTek

       + Greg Downing  -- xRez Studio

       + Steve Smith  -- Wacom

       + Graham Plumb  -- Snibbe Interactive

       + Kwindla Hultman Kramer  -- Oblong Industries

The evolution of user interfaces by Stephen Atwood

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eReader and Tablet Market Evolution

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eReader and Tablet Market Evolution Conference…by Ross Young

eReader and Tablet Market Evolution Conference: SID Market Focus Conference Series – Agenda

Speaker and company summaries

       + Sri Peruvemba --  E Ink

       + Ross Young --  IMS Research

       + Shawn G. Dubravac  -- CEA

       + Doug Klein  -- Barnes & Noble

       + Jun Liu  -- Hanvon Technology

       + Geoff Walker  -- IMS Research

       + John Warren  -- RAND Corporation

       + Babur Habib  -- Kno

       + Jim Cathey  -- Qualcomm MEMS Technologies

       + Robert Sprague  -- SiPix Imaging

       + Kaoru Suzuki  -- Bridgestone

       + Hui Lee  -- Delta

       +Johan Feenstra  -- Samsung LCD Netherlands R&D Center

       + Karl McGoldrick  -- Polymer Vision

       + Fumio Nemoto  -- Hydis

       + Asokan Thiyagarajan  -- Samsung Mobile

Tablets and eReaders at Display Week

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Issue 48

 

April 26, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: The id of ID…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Gartner, 3M Touch Systems, Cypress Semiconductor, Displaybank, Immersion, Guinness Book of Records, Bally Technologies, M-Edge Accessories, Strategy Analytics, Samsung, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Apple, Quanta3M, DisplaySearch, N-trig, Elan Microelectronics, American Industrial Systems, NEC Corporation, Gunze USA, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Jeff Rowberg, Tobii Technology, TouchSensor Technologies, InFocus, DoCoMo, IDT, PureTouch, Samsung, Yole Développement, Microsoft, Atmel/Nvidia, Morse Code, Dell, Garmin/Volvo Penta, and Przemek Jaworski

Electronic Displays 2011, March 2-3, Nuremberg, Germany; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Elektrosil Systeme der Elektronik GmbH, and Hitachi Europe GmbH

US Flat Panel Display Conference, March 1-2, 2011, San Diego, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, Touch Revolution, and Tyco Electronics

i3D 2011, February 18-20, 2011, San Francisco, California; Phillip Hill covers papers from Wuhan University/Texas A&M University/Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, and University of Minnesota/SUNY University at Buffalo

Intelligent User Interfaces, February 13-16, 2011, Palo Alto, California; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Massachusetts Lowell/The MITRE Corporation, University of California San Diego/Vrije Universiteit Brussel/ETH Zurich/University of Konstanz, University of California San Diego, MIT CSAIL, University of Salerno/Unlimited Software, and Université Européenne de Bretagne

TEI’11, January 22-26, 2010, Funchal, Portugal; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Georgia Institute of Technology/University of Toronto/University of Cincinnati, MIT Media Laboratory, KAIST/Madeira-ITI, University of Toronto, LMU University of Munich, DOCOMO Euro-Labs, and Carnegie Mellon University/Disney Research

International Display Workshop 2010, December 1-5, 2010, Fukuoka, Japan; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers this event sponsored by The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and The Society for Information Display, with papers from the sessions on FPD manufacturing, materials & components; 3D/hyper-realistic displays & systems; projection & large-area displays & their components; and electronic paper. Presentations from Nitto Denko Corporation, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), NTT DOCOMO, Ghent University/Optinvent, and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 7-10, 2010, Saarbrücken, Germany; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Queen’s University, Newcastle University, Technische Universität Dresden/queo media GmbH, Technische Universität Darmstadt/University of California, University of Calgary, Microsoft Research, University of Groningen/University of Ontario Institute of Technology/University of Waterloo/University of Calgary, RWTH Aachen University, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, OFFIS Institute for Information Technology/University of Oldenburg, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (x2), University of Konstanz (x2), Durham University, FORTH, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), and German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

IMID/IDMC/Asia Display, October 11-15, 2010, Seoul, South Korea; Phillip Hill covers papers from Samsung Mobile Display, and Konan University

Interview with Chris Colbert from 3M

Tactile Feedback in Mobile: Consumer Attitudes about High-Definition Haptic Effects in Touch Screen Phones by Chris Ulrich

Last Word: Apple sues Samsung for copying technology, UI, and style by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar

 68 pages
 

Issue 47

 

February 14, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: A chat with Sam Hurst: In Memoriam… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Displaybank, Pantomotion, Apple, Motorola, ROHM Semiconductor, Sony, IDC, Kyocera, IMS Research, ZAGG, HP, Neonode, uWriteTouch, Softkinetic-Optrima, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Immersion, Element One, Fraunhofer, Shoei, QSI, Quantum Interface, CMI, Microsoft Envisioning Lab/Zytronic, Synaptics, DisplaySearch, University of Groningen, IHS iSuppli, Atmel, Canalys, TPK Touch Solutions, Wintek, Sintek Photronics, Cando, Chimei Innolux, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, HannStar Display, Mutto, In-Stat, HealthEssentials/Anoto, Brainchild, Tyco Electronics, CoActiv, Delft University of Technology, T-Mobile/LG Mobile, Cypress Semiconductor, Sectra, See and Touch Marbella, EKtouch, J Touch, LG, Giantplus, Toshiba, ZaagTech, Vizio, Join Well Technology/Ushine Photonics/AimCore Technology, Waltop, Wintek, Advanced Input Systems/Pacinian,  Foxconn, LG Display, Compal, Mildex Optical, PQ Labs, MIT, HannStar, Young Lighting Technology, DisplaySearch, Lumio, National Taipei University, and N-trig

Interview with Larry Mozdzyn from Ocular LCD

Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, November 22-24, 2010, Hong Kong, China; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Yamanashi, Durham University, University of Lille, Adobe Systems Incorporated, and University of Strasbourg

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 7-10, 2010, Saarbrücken, Germany; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Calgary, Victoria University of Wellington, Universität Bremen, University of St. Andrews, University of Glasgow, University of Münster, Trinity College Dublin, University of Durham, RWTH Aachen University, DFKI, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg/University of Rostock, Purdue University/University of Manitoba, Georgia Institute of Technology/Microsoft Research/University of Calgary, University of Sydney, and Brown University/Microsoft Research

ACM Multimedia International Conference, October 25-29, 2010, Florence, Italy; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Calgary, Arizona State University, Université Catholique de Louvain, University of Texas at Dallas, and INRIA-LIG/INRIA-LABRI/Université d’Orléans/INRIA-LJK

Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, June 19-23, 2010, Berlin, Germany; In the second of two reports on the Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, Phillip Hill covers papers from Georgia Institute of Technology/University of North Carolina, Hasselt University/RWTH Aachen University/Microsoft Research/Microsoft Surface, Université Catholique de Louvain, and France Telecom R&D/Orange Labs

Conference on Interaction Design and Children, June 9-12, 2010, Barcelona, Spain; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from MIT Media Lab (x2), University of Zaragoza (x2), Southeastern Louisiana University, Open University, University of Sussex/ETH, and ZHDK University of the Arts/University of Zurich/ZKM

How to evaluate multi-touch while standing in a store by Jim Meador, Pascal Auriel and Gauthier Chastan

Last Word: Trade-in your Kindle for real books…by Jin Kim

 66 pages
 

Issue 46

 

January 27, 2011

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Letter from the publisher: Creative designs… by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Gartner, N-trig, Misa Digital Technology, Dell, PrimeSense, Kno, MultiTouch Ltd., Umeå University, ChangeWave Research, Aachen University, 3M, IXYS, IDT, Silver Lake, Cypress, MicroVision, Samsung, Enspert, Vision Objects, 3M/Quanta Computer, Nuance Communications, Planar Systems, Cando, Meridian, Zero Degrees/Intel/HP/Microsoft/Storm/Zebra Technologies, MSI, Printechnologics, Gunze USA, Barnes & Noble, ABI Research, Microsoft, Displaybank, Conexant, Compal/Sitronix, Wah Hong/Jun Hong, ChiMei Innolux, Wintek, TPK, Cheng Uei, DigiTimes, EETI, Movea, RTW, Atmel Corporation/Ocular, Warner Bros., SkinnyBytes, MasterCorp/Fujitsu, Input Dynamics, University of Utah, Grandstream, Xerox, Mimo Monitors, BAE Systems, Crestron, DigitalPersona, Technical Artist, Strategy Analytics, UC Berkeley, Hanvon, SoundGraph ,Isabella Products, 3qubits, and Creative

SIGGRAPH Asia 2010, December 15-18, 2010, Seoul, South Korea; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Seoul National University, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Wakayama University, Soka University, and Robotics Research Lab/IIIT-H

Plastic Electronics Conference & Exhibition, October 19-21, 2010, Dresden, Germany; Phillip Hill covers presentations from isiQiri interface technologies GmbH, and DisplaySearch

Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, October 3-6, 2010, New York, New York; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Microsoft Research, Disney Research, RWTH Aachen University, Hasso Plattner Institute, The Open University, Google Research, and Ritsumeikan University

Mobile HCI, September 7-10, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal; In the second of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Pohang University of Science and Technology/Chonnam National University, Lancaster University/University of Cape Town, University of Bristol, IST/Technical University of Lisbon/INESC-ID, Microsoft Research/Microsoft Corp./University of California, Technical University of Lisbon/INESC-ID, Beihang University/Nokia Research Center Espoo/Nokia Research Center Beijing, and The Open University

SIGGRAPH, July 25-29, 2010, Los Angeles, California; In the third of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Deakin University, Tactable, Oslo School of Architecture and Design/Squidsoup, Ohio State University, York University, and University West England 

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 10-15, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia; In the fourth of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology/University of Madeira, Arizona State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of North Carolina, Darmstadt University of Technology, Arizona State University, HumanCentric, Disney Research, and Dublin City University

Touch technology comparison by Gary Barrett

The 3rd screen enters the personal, business world by Andy Marken

Apple gains market share – really? by Jon Peddie

Last Word: Verizon iPhone 4…by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar 

 66 pages
 

Issue 45

 

December 14, 2010

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

Touch Panel news from around the world: NXT, Augen Electronics, E Fun, Gartner, Displaybank, Semtech, Cypress Semiconductor, Cando, Osaka Prefecture University, Young Fast/Wintek/TPK, Fujitsu, Fnac, Eizo Nanao, Premier Farnell/demmel, Queens University, Perceptive Pixel, Alps, Tastitalia, DigiTimes Research, Microsoft, Zytronic/NUITEQ, CIT, Zytronic, J Touch/Sharp, 3M/Cogent, Nuance Communications, RIM/TAT, Philips Healthcare/Ocular, and Sony

Mobile HCI, September 7-10, 2010, Lisbon, Portugal; In the first of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Lancaster University/DOCOMO Euro-Labs, DOCOMO Euro-Labs/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), University of Glasgow, Graz University of Technology/University of Canterbury, Microsoft Research/RWTH/University of Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Glasgow, Newcastle University/Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, and Nokia Research Center

SIGGRAPH, July 25-29, 2010, Los Angeles, California; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Immersion SAS, The University of Tokyo, University of Tsukuba (x2), The University of Tokyo/Keio University (x2), Gdansk University of Technology, Hong-Ik University/Yonsei University, National Taiwan University, Yonsei University, University of Minnesota, and Tokyo Metropolitan University/National Institute of Special Needs Education/Japan Electronics College

Korea Display Conference, July 8-9, 2010, Seoul, South Korea; Phillip Hill covers presentations from LG Electronics, and LG Innotek

EuroITV Conference on Interactive TV and Video, June 9-11, 2010, Tampere, Finland; Phillip Hill covers a paper from University Paul Sabatier

Graphics Interface Conference, May 31–June 2, 2010, Ottawa, Ontario; Phillip Hill covers papers from Clemson University/Greenville Technical College, Osaka University/Tohoku University, Queen’s University, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories/University of Washington, Microsoft Research/Microsoft Research Cambridge/Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Research/University of Washington, and Inesc-ID/University of Calgary

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 10-15, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia; In the third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Autodesk Research/University of Maryland/Cornell University, Microsoft Research, Telecom ParisTech, National Taiwan University, EPFL Media and Design Lab, ASUSTek Computer Inc./Kun Shan University, Microsoft Research/Microsoft Corporation/University of Toronto, University of California, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, London Knowledge Lab, Georgia Tech, Pompeu Fabra University, Ryerson University, Microsoft/SMART Technologies, The University of Iowa, UMBC, KAIST, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Orange Labs/ENSCI-Les ateliers, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology/Inje University, University of Duisburg-Essen/Newcastle University, University of Duisburg-Essen/German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, and The Open University

Interview with Adam Bogue from Circle Twelve

Putting the “Touch” in Multi-Touch: An in-depth look at the future of interactivity by Gary Barrett

Last Word: RIM gets serious about user interface…by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 44

 

November 16, 2010

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Letter from the publisher: The Touch Panelists…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Volkswagen, Nikko van Stolk, Southern Methodist University, Stanford/UC Berkeley, Satake, CEVA/eyeSight, 3M Touch Systems, 3M/Cogent, Bally Technologies/3M, 3M/Perceptive Pixel, Mechdyne/Haption, Ocular/Densitron Technologies, Baanto/Christie, Hitachi, Amazon, Imagis, TPK, ChiMei Innolux, AU Optronics, Young Fast, ABI Research, DisplaySearch, WitsView, Displaybank, Touch International, TPK Holding, Wintek, Cando, Sintek, isiQiri, Canatu, Cambrios Technologies, Wrapsol, Monster, CyberLink, AuthenTec, Fujitsu, Vantage Data Centers/Fujitsu, TruTouch Technologies, Audi, General Dynamics Canada, Samsung, Barnes & Noble, Kno, AccessData, Cherrypal, Dell, Savant, Sharp, Hewlett-Packard, Viewsonic, HCD, Vizio, Entourage, Pandigital, Lenovo, Microsoft, NUITEQ, MultiTouch, Obscura Digital, Cypress Semiconductor, Analog Devices, and Cypress/STMicro

UIST, October 3-6, 2010, New York, New York; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Washington/Intel Labs, Lancaster University, Brown University, Hasso Plattner Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, National Taiwan University, and Microsoft Research

Displaybank US Conference, September 15, 2010, Santa Clara, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Displaybank and NextWindow

Engineering Interactive Computer Systems, June 19-23, 2010, Berlin, Germany; In the first of two reports on the Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, Phillip Hill covers papers from Inspire AG/ETH Zurich, University of Calgary, Grenoble University, and RWTH Aachen University

Conference on Interaction Design and Children, June 9-12, 2010, Barcelona, Spain; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/Tokyo University of Science, Open University/Middlesex University/University of Sussex/Roehampton University, Philips Research, MIT Media Laboratory/Sifteo Inc, University of Athens/Makebelieve design & consulting, University of Central Lancashire, University of Colorado, Ars Electronica Futurelab, and Universidad de Málaga

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 23-25, 2009, Banff, Alberta; In this fourth of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from RWTH Aachen University (x2), Thales Research and Technology/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CSAIL), Konkuk University, University of Waterloo (x2), Otto-von-Guericke-University, Indiana University/MacroViz Multimedia Design Studio, MIT CSAIL, Darmstadt University of Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Munich, University of Sydney, Indiana University School of Informatics, University of Calgary (x2), York University, and University of Groningen

Interview with Anders Mölne from F-Origin

On the road, staying in touch for business, pleasure by Andy Marken

Will they, won’t they? by Bob Senior

Last Word: Thoughts on the iPhone 4… by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar 

 66 pages
 

Issue 42+43

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September 13, 2010

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Letter from the publisher: Subscription trends…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: FBN, 3M, Zytronic, University of Washington, Sungkyunkwan University, MIT Media Lab, Microsoft Research, Elliptic Labs, Brando, Swiftpoint, Fujitsu, Apple, Movea, JDSU, Swype, Inwindow Outdoor, Analog Devices, Eyesight Mobile Technologies, BMO Financial Group, GestureTek, Schematic, HP, Canonical, Cypress Semiconductor, Kionix/Cypress Semiconductor, Cypress Semiconductor/Fujitsu, Silicon Labs, IDC, iSuppli, DisplaySearch, SMART Technologies, ViewSonic/Luidia, University of Pennsylvania, MorphoTrak, Hitachi/Avion, Uni-Pixel, Immersion, Immersion/Toshiba, MIT, NYU Langone Medical Center/BioDigital/SensAble, Motion Computing, CEA-Leti, ICDM, Elan/EETI, ELAN, Young Fast/J Touch, CPT, EDT, GTOC/TPK, Young Fast, J Touch, G-Tech/TPK, J Touch/Transtouch, NineSigma, Touch International, Neonode/Sony, Neonode/Daesung Electric, Samsung, Hitachi Displays, Lumex InfoVue, Aqumin/Perceptive Pixel, LG, Samsung/Tech Global, Stantum, Dell, Wolfram Alpha, Xplore Technologies, GamePark, The Sharper Image, DMC Worldwide, HCD, Koobe, Boost Mobile, Kno, MSI, TomTom, Garmin, HUSQVARNA VIKING, GiiNii, Texas Instruments, Quanta, Realease, OpenPeak, Lenovo, LG Display, SkinnyBytes, Acer, Control4, AIS, Toshiba, Infibeam, NEC, First International Computer, Smart Devices, Huawei, Velocity Micro, Pandigital, and Red Flag Software

Emerging Display Technologies Conference, August 19, 2010, San Jose, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, Elo TouchSystems, GestureTek Inc., Lumio, and Ocular

SIGGRAPH 2010, July 25-29, 2010, Los Angeles, California; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from The University of Tokyo/Keio University, Osaka University/Tohoku University/Kwansei Gakuin University, Osaka University, University of East Anglia, The University of Tokyo (x2), Hasso-Plattner-Institute, Keio University, Immersion SAS, MPI Informatik/Universität Stuttgart/University College London, Microsoft Research, Tokyo Metropolitan University/National Institute of Special Needs Education/Japan Electronics College, and Media Interaction Lab/Brown University

IMS – The Future of Touch and Interactivity, May 27, 2010, Seattle, Washington; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Samsung Yokohama Research Institute, Synaptics, Touch International, Uni-Pixel Displays, Yamaha, and RPO

Conference on Advanced Human Interfaces, May 26-28, 2010, Rome, Italy; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Meiji University/The University of Electro-Communications, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, France Telecom R&D Orange Labs, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

SID Display Week 2010, May 25-28, 2010, Seattle, Washington; In this second report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from the last two days of the conference. Papers and posters from NEC LCD Technologies Ltd., Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, LG Display, Sharp Corporate R&D Group/Sharp Mobile LCD Group, Hanyang University, 3M Touch Systems, AU Optronics Corporation/National Chiao-Tung University/I-Shou University, and Uni-Pixel Displays

SID DisplaySearch Business Conference, May 24, 2010, Seattle, Washington; Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch (x2), and GestureTek

Interactive Displays, April 20-22, 2010, San Jose, California; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Elo TouchSystems, Immersion, Artificial Muscle, Inc., and NextWindow

FINETECH JAPAN, April 14-16, 2010, Tokyo, Japan; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Displaybank, Stantum, and Corning

CHI, April 10-15, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia; In the second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of California San Diego, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences/University of Waterloo/MIT Media Lab, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology/Universidade da Madeira, Newcastle University/Northumbria University, University of Munich, Lancaster University/Microsoft Research, National Taiwan University/National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Wellesley College/Babson College/Carnegie Mellon University/Georgia Institute of Technology, Microsoft Research, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Cambridge/University of Nottingham/Microsoft Research, Autodesk Research, University of Munich/Hasso Plattner Institute, The University of Tokyo, University of Alberta/University of Manitoba/Microsoft Research, and FX Palo Alto Laboratory

Flexible Electronics & Displays Conference, February 1-4, 2010, Phoenix, Arizona; There was one presentation from NextWindow that dealt with touch at this FlexTech Alliance event, covered by Phillip Hill

TEI, January 25-27, 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts; In this third of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from KAIST, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, XXtraLab Design, Texas A&M University, and JKU Linz

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 23-25, 2009, Banff, Alberta; In this third of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from -von-Guericke-Universität, The University of Electro-Communications/Japan Science and Technology Agency, TU Munich/LMU Munich/AO Foundation, University of Oldenburg/OFFIS Institute for Information Technology, Stimulant, Newcastle University, FH-Trier, University of Paderborn/Siemens SIS, RWTH Aachen University, and Lancaster University,

Interview with Joe Kotas from Baanto

PolyShield develops protective films for touchscreens by Richard Allen

Finger positions for touch screens by Dan Saffer

Conductive coatings markets 2010 and beyond by Lawrence Gasman

Multi-touch table with horizontal mounted LCD by Andreas Kopietz

Motion leaps to the tablet front by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer

Last Word: Archos 101 Android tablet by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar 

 126 pages
 

Issue 40+41

Double Issue

 

June 21, 2010

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Letter from the publisher: Be it resolved…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Roger Linn, Lenovo, Tobii Technology, Thinix, Microsoft, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 3M, ELAN, ELAN/Weltrend/Sonix, Fujitsu, Fujitsu/ATT, Wintek, NextWindow, AUO/CMI/NextWindow, Quanta, Touch International, FlatFrog, Pandigital, Optics Balzers, EuropTec, N-trig, Elo TouchSystems, Raydium, AUO, G-Tech, Toshiba/Senseg, Artificial Muscle, Immersion, LG Display, Young Fast/RiTek, Young Fast/Lite-On Mobile, UniDisplay, MIT, Bally Technologies, Natural Sound Electronics, Kno, ASUS, ZTE, Dell, Motion Computing, Pixcir, Microchip Technology, Cypress Semiconductor, Uni-Pixel, Tangent, Motion Analysis, Applied Materials, STMicroelectronics, Gateway, LG Electronics, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Analog Devices, Microsoft/Carnegie Mellon University, ITC, Archos, American Industrial Systems, Intel, Christie Medical Holdings, Zytronic, Wacom, Synaptics, Aava Mobile, Ocular, Gateway, IDT, Kodak, NanoMarkets, iSuppli, DisplaySearch, Gartner, Luidia, Promethean, Boost Mobile/Motorola, HTC/Sprint, Cellular South/HTC, Cellular South/Motorola, Pantech, Eketrosil/Ionoco, GestureTek, Projection Advertising, Clear Channel Airports, Brussels Airport, MultiTouch/Riolab, AuthenTec, Fujitsu, and Precise Biometrics

IMS – The Future of Touch and Interactivity, May 27, 2010, Seattle, Washington, In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Cypress Semiconductor, Displaybank, and NextWindow

Conference on Advanced Human Interfaces, May 26-28, 2010, Rome, Italy; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Microsoft, Université Paris-Sud, University of Grenoble/Telecom ParisTech, MIT, and Graz University of Technology

SID Display Week, May 25-28, 2010, Seattle, Washington; Phillip Hill covers presentations from the first two days of the conference. Papers from Sharp Laboratories of Europe/Sharp Corporation (x2), Microsoft Research (x2), Industrial Technology Research Institute, Perceptive Pixel, WINTEK Corporation, and Samsung Yokohama Research Institute/Samsung Electronics

Interactive Displays, April 20-22, 2010, San Jose, California; In the first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, Synaptics, MultiTouch Ltd., and Displax Interactive Systems

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 10-15, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia; In the first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from University of Toronto/Mount Allison University, University of Toronto/IBM Research Almaden, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Glasgow, Hasso Plattner Institute, Telecom ParisTech/CNRS LTCI, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences, Virginia Tech/FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc., Georgia Tech/Universität Bremen, University of Glasgow/Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/University of Michigan, University of Washington/Microsoft Research/Microsoft Corporation, and University College London

Eye Tracking Research and Applications, March 22-24, 2010, Austin, Texas; Phillip Hill covers papers from Kwansei Gakuin University/Kobe University/Okayama Prefectural University, Loughborough University/Nordic Bioscience Imaging/IT University, and University of Tampere/De Montfort University

Power Saving for Displays, January 26-27, 2010, Oxford, England; Phillip Hill covers this Sharp/SID hosted event with presentations from Eldico, 3M Touch Systems, Sharp Laboratories of Europe, and Light Blue Optics

TEI, January 25-27, 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts; In this second of three reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Nokia Research Center, The Open University, Technische Universität München, Queen’s University, Hochschule Bremen/Fachhochschule Bielefeld, University of Munich, and Deutsche Telekom Laboratories

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 23-25, 2009, Banff, Alberta; In this second of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Massachusetts Lowell, University of Sussex/The Open University, University of Calgary/University of Munich/University of Toronto, University of Calgary/University of Groningen, University of Calgary/University of Saskatchewan, Microsoft Research, LIMSI-CNRS and University Paris-Sud, University of Toronto/Microsoft Research/Microsoft Surface, University of Calgary (x2), Newcastle University/ Carnegie Mellon University, Microsoft Research Cambridge, INRIA/Tsinghua University, Interactive Institute Umeå, and University of Sydney

Projected Capacitive Touch Technology by Tony Gray and Larry Mozdzyn

Transparent Conductor Markets 2010: ITO and the Alternatives by Lawrence Gasman

Apple iPad WiFi 64GB by David MacNeill

Last Word: Pre-orders…by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar 

108 pages
 

Special Edition SID 2010

 

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Letter from the publisher: The future of touch and interactivity…by Mark Fihn

The Future of Touch & Interactivity: SID Market Focus Conference Series – Agenda

Speaker and company summaries

       + Bill Buxton -- Microsoft

       + Mark Mendenhall -- Elo TouchSystems 

       + David Martin -- SMART Technologies 

       + Gary Barrett -- Touch International 

       + Malcolm Thompson -- RPO 

       + Steve Smith -- Wacom + “Superman” artist Matt Haley, DC Comics

       + Blake Angelos -- Yamaha

       + Al Ingallinera & Kevin Corson -- Beamz Interactive 

       + Francis MacDougall -- GestureTek

       + Calvin Lee -- Displaybank

       + Jeff Han -- Perceptive Pixel

       + Geoff Walker -- Next Window

       + Andrew Hsu -- Synaptics

       + Seamus Burns -- Plastic Logic

       + Trevor Davis -- Cypress Semiconductor

       + John Briden -- Hewlett-Packard

       + Rick Seger -- N-trig

       + Bob Senior -- FlatFrog

       + Andy Wilson -- Microsoft

       + Francois Jenneau -- Stantum

       + Seiki Takahashi -- Samsung

       + Mike Levin -- Pacinian

       + Robert Petcavich -- Uni-Pixel

A Touching Look at Display Week 2010 by Paul Drzaic

Links

33 pages
 

Issue 38+39

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April 18, 2010

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Letter from the publisher: Padding the truth…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: OpenPeak, Marvell, HP, Innovative Converged Devices, Neofonie, Notion Ink, ExoPC, Asustek, Spring Design, enTourage, Onda Communication, Microsoft, Packard Bell, Lenovo, NEC, Tyco Electronics, Samsung, Isabella Products, eStarling, Sony, FLO TV, Neonode/Koobe, iBuyPower, Toshiba, Hanvon, Acer, Xplore, Logic Instrument, Openmoko, Panasonic, Sprint, HTC, Haleron, Kyocera, Garmin-Asus, Google, HTC/Apple, Microsoft, Cincinnati Bell/Pharos, Corning, Cypress Semiconductor, T-Mobile USA/HTC, Binatone/DSP Group, Nuance, Movial/LG-Nortel, Jabil, Neonode, Jonas Friedemann Heue, GestureTek, Luidia, National Cheng Kung University, Ideum, 31FPS, Sensonor, NASA, MIT, Gunze USA, 3Plast Project, Peratech, Peratech/Samsung Electro-mechanics, MIT/Peratech, DuPont Display/Ocular, NextWindow, Zytronic, CDI/Numonics, NEC Display Solutions/SMART, Touch International, Flexpoint/Sensor Products, Dawar/Bell Microproducts, Displaybank, Gartner, Taptu, Barclays Capital, Canalys, In-Stat, NanoMarkets, KioskCom/The Digital Signage Show, Unidym, Pinnacle Security, Techno Source, Audacity/JazzMutant, GestureWorks, ARX, Amulet, Pelikon, Minebea, Anoto, STMicroelectronics, Sony Ericsson, L-1 Identity Solutions, UPEK/AuthenTec, AuthenTec, ASUS/AuthenTec, and Artificial Muscle

Electronic Displays 2010 Conference, March 3-4, 2010, Nuremberg, Germany; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Zytronic, Elektrosil Systeme der Elektronik GmbH, Atmel Corporation, HY-LINE Computer Components Vertriebs GmbH, and Light Blue Optics

DisplaySearch US FPD Conference, March 2-3, 2010, San Diego, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from DisplaySearch, N-trig Inc., 3M Touch Systems, and Synaptics 

TEI, January 25-27, 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts; In this first of three reports here, Phillip Hill covers all the main papers directly specific to touch from Carnegie Mellon University/Intel Labs, MIT Media Laboratory/Microsoft Research, Virginia Tech, EPFL, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Banff New Media Institute/Ars Electronica Futurelab, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Stanford University/Nokia Research Center

SIGGRAPH Asia, December 16-19, 2009, Yokohama, Japan; Phillip Hill covers posters from The University of Tokyo/Keio University, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba (x2), and MIT Media Lab

IDW ’09, December 9-11, 2009, Miyazaki, Japan; In this second report of two, Phillip Hill covers this conference organized by The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and The Society for Information Display, with presentations from Stantum, Samsung Mobile Display, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, and Ricoh Innovations

Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, November 23-25, 2009, Banff, Alberta; In this first of four reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Hasselt University, Microsoft Research/University of Washington, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, Technische Universität München, University of Science and Technology, University of Iowa, University of Grenoble, Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences/University of Waterloo/University of Tokyo/Keio University, OFFIS Institute for Information Technology/University of Oldenburg, Newcastle University, University of Calgary, Fraunhofer IITB, Otto-von-Guericke University, University of Augsburg, Fondazione Bruno Kessler/University of Trento/University of Haifa, and University of Magdeburg

Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, November 18-20, Kyoto, Japan; In the second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers papers from the 16th ACM symposium on VRST: University of Geneva/Charles University Prague, University College London, Nara Institute of Science and Technology/National Institute of Science and Technology, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Mobile HCI 2009, September 15-18, 2009, Bonn, Germany; In this second report of two, Phillip Hill covers papers from the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: offerings from OFFIS Institute for Information Technology/University of Oldenburg, Nokia Research Center, University of Alberta/University of Manitoba, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)/DOCOMO Euro-Labs, University of Duisburg Essen, and University of Glasgow

A Touching Look at Display Week 2010 by Paul Drzaic

Touch technologies for large-format applications by Geoff Walker

Changing opportunities for transparent conductors by Lawrence Gasman

Why did Apple kill the Newton? by David MacNeill

Last Word: First Impressions…by Jin Kim

Display Industry Calendar 

115 pages
 

Issue 36+37

Double Issue

 

February 3, 2010

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Letter from the publisher: “The Circle of Life”… “I don’t get it”… and Boogie Board by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: ExoPC, DigitalRise, Freescale, Dell, Jabil, Engadget, ABI Research, Amazon/Sony/Barnes & Noble/Plastic Logic/Skiff, ASUSTeK, Spring Design, Acer, Synaptics, Isabella Products, Neonode, Project Natal, Planar, Asus, Fujitsu, 3M, Tyco Electronics, Medion, Fusion Garage, Logitech, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Moixa, OreObject, Motorola, Wacom/NUITEQ, Gunze USA/Stantum, Nissha/Peratech, GestureTek, SMART Technologies, Displax, Luidia, Sunvision/Zytronics, Zytronic/Advantech, Dell/NextWindow, Intel, Escalate Retail/Microsoft, Sling Media, Ford, Analog Devices, iSuppli, Research and Markets, Strategy Analytics, Microchip Technology, SilverPAC, Olive/THIEL, Samsung, Pinnacle Security/GE Security, Touch Revolution, enTourage Systems, FlatFrog, Light Blue Optics, Cytec, Garmin, Crocodile Keyboard, Touch Revolution/TAT, DMC Worldwide, Lenovo, Endless Ideas, PF Digital, HP, MSI, Moto, Motion Computing, Apple, American Industrial Systems, Pacinian, Synaptics, NextWindow/Lenovo, Deanmark, Cypress Semiconductor, Optomec, CyberLink, TruTouch Technologies, International Usability Partners, Amazon/Touchco

IDW ’09, December 9-11, 2009, Miyazaki, Japan; In this first report of two, Phillip Hill covers this conference organized by The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, and The Society for Information Display, with presentations from Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), AU Optronics Corporation, Sony Mobile Display Corporation, Sharp Laboratories of Europe/Sharp Corporation, and NEC LCD Technologies

Printed Electronics USA 09, December 1-4, 2009, San Jose, California; The 50-or-so presentations from this IDTechEx-organized conference will be covered in our sister newsletter Flexible Substrate in February, but Phillip Hill selects one here related to touch from Artificial Muscle, Inc.

Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, November 18-20, Kyoto, Japan; Phillip Hill covers papers from the 16th ACM symposium on VRST: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)/Seoul Institute of the Arts, University of Lille, Nagoya Institute of Technology/Central Japan International Airport Co. Ltd./Nagoya Regional Taxation Bureau, University of Strasbourg, CEA LIST, ETRI/KAIST, Kangwon National University, Osaka University, University of Strasbourg, Universidad de los Andes/University of Alberta/Universidad Nacional, Pohang University of Science and Technology and Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

ACM Multimedia 2009, October 19-24, 2009, Beijing, China; Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Ottawa, University of Ottawa/IKERLAN-IK4 Technology Research Center, Microsoft Research, FX Palo Alto Laboratory, and Nanyang Technological University

Symposium on Vehicle Displays, October 15-16, 2009, Dearborn, Michigan; In this second report of two, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Ford Motor Company, Scott Griesmann Design, and Stantum

Mobile HCI 2009, September 15-18, 2009, Bonn, Germany; In this first report of two, Phillip Hill covers papers from the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: offerings from Nokia Research Center/ Chinese Academy of Sciences, The University of Tokyo/Sony Computer Science Laboratories, BMW Group Research and Technology/University of Munich, OFFIS Institute for Information Technology/University of Oldenburg, Tampere University of Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Lancaster University/DOCOMO Euro-Labs, Orange Labs, Berlin Institute of Technology/ University of Salzburg, and Mobilkom Austria AG

Eurodisplay 2009/IDRC, September 14-17, 2009, Rome, Italy; There were a couple of presentations related to touch at this conference. Phillip Hill covers presentations from Hydis Technologies Co Ltd, and IMM-CNR/STMicroelectronics

Graphics Interface 2009, May 25-27, 2009, Kelowna, British Columbia; Phillip Hill covers papers from Pixar Animation Studios/University of California, University of British Columbia, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Autodesk Research/Microsoft Research, University of Saskatchewan/Microsoft Research, University of Yamanashi, University of Toronto/INRIA Orsay/University of Washington, and York University

Review: Apple’s Magic Mouse by Jin Kim

Slate and tablet computers: learning from the past by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer

Assessing a New Tablet (or any other mobile computing product) by Geoff Walker

Stop the Madness! The Breadth/Depth Dichotomy and How to Address It by Daniel Wigdor

Last Word: It’s raining…cash by Bob Senior

Display Industry Calendar 

100 pages
 

Issue 34+35

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November 27, 2009

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Letter from the publisher: Predicting the future…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Microsoft, SKILSENS, Obscura Digital, RENCI, Lab[au], MOTO Development Group, Tangible Displays, Simbioz, Sensory-Minds, Adrian Baynes, Because We Can, SoTouch/onedotzero, Accenture Technology Labs, IntuiLabs, Christian Bannister, Felix’s Machines, Movea, Ideum, Second Story, Philips, Potion Design, ART+COM, 3M, Daan Roosegaarde, Inition Hard Rock Café Las Vegas/Obscura Digital, Carnegie Mellon, Apple, Smartfish Technologies, Gyration, DeviceFidelity, ALPS, Taptu, Touch International, Displaybank, Strategy Analytics, NXT/Immersion,ThinkGeek, Volkswagen, Wacom, Silicon Labs, Bittel, Vectorform/SMART, Novint, Touching Base/Adapx, Innovative Converged Devices, ARX, SilverPAC, Axiotron, Stantum, PixArt, Green-House, Zytronic, DigitalRise, Sharp, RAmos, Ainol, Garmin, Bmorn, Hallods, Mintpass, Sungale, BenQ, Barnes & Noble, Cirque, Digital ArtForms, GestureTek, Yamaha, Savant, Sensacell, Tangible Interaction, SMK, Meridian, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Gartner, Nissha, Art Lebedev Studios, Hillcrest Labs, Atmel, Delta, Force Dimension, Troll Touch, Gateway, Iiyama, Lenovo, Sony, Dell, Malata, ASUS, NextWindow, RPO, HTC, T-Mobile, Alltel Wireless, RIM, AT&T/TerreStar, Acer, SK Group, Creative, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, MOTO Development, Unitronics, Home Automation, Inc., HomeLogic, IKIVO, HoloTouch, Parascript, UPEK, WAND Corporation/DigitalPersona, Cypress Semiconductor, Semtech, and Microchip Technology 

Symposium on Vehicle Displays, October 15-16, 2009, Dearborn, Michigan; In this first of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from NextWindow, University of Michigan at Dearborn, and Tech-D-P

Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, October 4–7, 2009, Victoria, British Columbia; Phillip Hill covers papers from Hasso Plattner Institute/Virginia Tech, University of Toronto, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Toronto, University of Washington/Intel Research, Microsoft Research-INRIA Joint Centre, Stanford University/Microsoft Research, University of Manitoba, Tufts University, University of Washington/Microsoft/University of Toronto, University of Washington/Microsoft Research, Hasso Plattner Institute/Columbia University, Kochi University of Technology/Microsoft Research/University of Manitoba, Microsoft Research UK/Microsoft Research US/Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Surface/Microsoft Corp./Microsoft Research, The University of Electro-Communications/Japan Science and Technology Agency, Newcastle University/Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation, and University of Washington

Emerging Display Technologies Conference, September 3, 2009, San Jose, California; In this second of two reports, Phillip Hill covers presentations from N-trig, RPO, 3M Touch Systems, and Senseg

Touch Affordances Workshop, August 25, 2009, Uppsala, Sweden; This workshop was part of the Interact 2009 conference. Phillip Hill summarizes papers from RWTH Aachen University, The University of Wales Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology/ Philips Design, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NICTA, and University of Twente

Symposium on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, August 1–2, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana; Phillip Hill covers papers from Harvey Mudd College/University of California Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University/Georgia Institute of Technology, NIST/Brown University/University of Central Florida, University of Central Florida/Brown University, Purdue University, and TU Berlin/University of Duisburg-Essen

Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI’09), February 16-18, 2009, Cambridge, England; Phillip Hill’s second report of two on this conference covers papers from Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, University of Lübeck, RWTH Aachen University/University of California San Diego, Simon Fraser University, ETHZ, and University of Munich

Interview with James Dutson from PlasmaQuest

Motorola DROID by Jin Kim

Supporting legacy touch hardware in Vista Tablet PC and Windows 7 by Dave Bhattacharjee

Display Industry Calendar 

102 pages
 

Issue 32+33

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September 20, 2009

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Letter from the publisher: The rise of touch…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Yana Kimava, Moment Factory Experience, Mark Burton, Rockwell Group, Philips, Augmented Environments Lab, Singapore Science Centre, Curiosity, react3D Electric, NextWindow, ASUS, Sinchun, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Sharp, Medion, Lenovo, Sony, iRex, Nanovision, Duros, Toshiba, Microsoft, Acer, Nintendo/Hillcrest, Microchip, Techno Print, Atmel, Senseg, Microchip, Maxim, Stantum/Sitronix, Touch Window, Cypress, Renesas Technology, Evernote, Beauty Up, Zytronic, Zytronic/Advantech, NCR, Promethean, 3M Touch Systems, Trimble, Adhesives Research, T.S. Microtech, Interactive Institute C-Studio, Luidia, SMART Technologies, Hitachi Software, PolyVision, American Industrial Systems, Touchtech/Natural User Interface, Savant, Crestron, Colorado vNet, Archos, HAI, PolyIC, Movea, Samsung, URC, Palm, Sprint/HTC, Noser/Touch Revolution, snom technology, N-trig, Illusion Labs, Cirque/Ocular, Tsera, Light Blue Optics, Project Natal, Synaptics, Immersion, IDT/Immersion, FBK, Targus/Uni-Pixel, Interlink, Stanford University, e-Smart Technologies, AuthenTec, Porta Systems, UIC, Displaybank, FlatFrog Laboratories, Ideum, and Frontier Silicon

Emerging Display Technologies Conference, September 3, 2009, San Jose, California; In this first of two reports from the DisplaySearch event, Phillip Hill covers presentations from GestureTek, Next Window, and DisplaySearch

Displaybank US Conference, August 20, 2009, Santa Clara, California; Phillip Hill covers presentations from 3M Touch Systems, Corning Specialty Materials, Elo TouchSystems, Stantum, and Unidym

SIGGRAPH, August 3-7, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana; In this first report, Phillip Hill covers presentations from Tokyo Institute of Technology/University of Electro-Communications, Perceptive Pixel, McGill University, The University of Electro-Communications/Japan Science and Technology Agency, The University of Tokyo, New York University Media Research Lab, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland/Music Conservatory of Geneva, MIT Media Lab/Brown University, Keio University, The University of Tokyo/Keio University, Media Interaction Lab/University of Tokyo/Keio University/University of Waterloo, Keio University/The University of Tokyo, KAIST Design Media Lab/HCI Lab, Technical University of Catalonia, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

CHI Conference, April 4-9, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts; In this third report of three, Phillip Hill covers papers from MIT Media Laboratory (x2), Princeton University/Microsoft Research, RWTH Aachen University/University of California, University of Calgary, University of Cambridge, MIT Media Laboratory/UCSD, and Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/Nokia Research Center

Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI’09), February 16-18, 2009, Cambridge, England; Phillip Hill’s first report of two on this conference covers papers from Microsoft Research/TU Eindhoven, Georgia Institute of Technology, Microsoft Corporation, Newcastle University, MIT Media Laboratory, and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces, October 1-3, 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands; In this third report of three, Phillip Hill covers papers from Microsoft Research US, National Taiwan University (x2), The University of Electro-Communications, The Open University, University of Tokyo, University of Groningen, Hasselt University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Microsoft Research UK, University of Nevada/Queen’s University/University of Saskatchewan, and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories 

Interview with Ty Silberhorn from 3M Touch Systems

Interview with Kurt Johnson from Horizon Display

Interview with Harry van der Veen from NUITEQ

TORM turns touch-screens into marketing tools by David Villarina

Reducing stress in the classroom: How interactive whiteboards and solution-based integration improve teacher quality of life by Jill Roberts

The case for a flexible touch panel keyboard by Norman Hairston

Touch-screens: New trends and market forecast by Jennifer Colegrove

Last Word: Wintel collision… Next shot in the arm for touch by Bob Senior

Display Industry Calendar 

110 pages
 

Issue 30+31

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July 16, 2009

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Letter from the publisher: InPlay – Out-of-play…by Mark Fihn

Touch Panel news from around the world: Project Natal, Performance Designed Products, Stantum/Sitronix, SMSC, Cypress/Immersion, Acer/Cypress, Cypress, N-trig/Fujitsu, Genius, Motion Computing, Schematic, AIS, Corning/Samsung, austriamicrosystems, SMART, SMART/PixArt, Luidia, ELAN Microelectronics, AU Optronics, NextWindow, Ennova Direct, Manhattan Scientifics, AnthroTronix, Touchpanel Laboratories, Garmin, Beckman Coulter/Zytronic, McKesson Microchip Technology, Melfas/ARM, Zytronic/Coca-Cola, InFocus, Neonode, CPFilms, Dontech, WitsView, Displaybank, 3M, Ocular, AuthenTec, Savant, LG/Cypress, Fujitsu, Immersion, Qualcomm, Light Blue Optics, Cypress/KDDI, Nokia, LG, Samsung, Getac, Sharp, Logitech, Zytronic/Ecast, Hillcrest Labs, NASA, Microsoft, IDT/Leadis Technology, Validity Sensors, NIST, AuthenTec/Phoenix Technologies, UPEK, Stantum, Apple, Sony, and Immersion/Symbian Foundation

Korea Display Conference, June 25-26, 2009, Seoul, South Korea; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Asus, Digitech, Cypress Semiconductors, Displaybank, and Corning Specialty Materials

InfoComm 2009, June 13-19, 2009, Orlando, Florida; Geoff Walker covers the touch-related showcases at the InfoComm Exhibition

SID Display Week Symposium, June 2-5, 2009, San Antonio, Texas ; Phillip Hill covers papers and posters from Samsung Electronics/Samsung Mobile Display, Konkuk University/Samsung Mobile Display, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 3M Touch Systems, Motorola, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Samsung Electronics, PLANSEE Metall GmbH, LG Display R&D Center, Shanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics/Fudan University, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Solomon Systech Ltd, Unidym, and DisplaySearch

Interactive Displays Conference, April 21-23, 2009, San Jose, California; In this second report of two, Phillip Hill covers presentations from 3M Touch Systems, Synaptics, MultiTouch, Eon Reality, Stantum, Sensitive Object, and NextWindow

FineTech Japan, April 15-17, 2009, Tokyo, Japan; Phillip Hill covers presentations from Takram Design Engineering, Synaptics Japan, SWENC Technology, and Samsung Mobile Display

CHI Conference, April 4-9, 2009, Boston, Massachusetts; In this second report of three, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Electro-Communications/Japan Science and Technology Agency, Microsoft Research/Hasso Plattner Institute, Microsoft Research/University of Maryland/University of Toronto, University of Manitoba/University of Bristol, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Brown University/University of Central Florida

Electronic Displays Conference, March 4-5, 2009, Nuremberg, Germany; Phillip Hill covers a handful of presentations relating to touch from this conference organized by Design&Electronik in Germany: Zytronic, Data Modul, and Anders Electronics 

IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces, October 1-3, 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands; In this second report of three, Phillip Hill covers papers from University of Bremen, Microsoft Research/University of Toronto/Carnegie Mellon University, RWTH Aachen University, University of Calgary, Lulea University of Technology/Natural User Interface Europe AB, University of Augsburg, University of Waterloo, Osaka University/University of Bristol, CSIRO, Newcastle University, FBK-irst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Georgia Institute of Technology

Interview with Al Monro from NextWindow

Uni-Pixel develops Opcuity Finger Print Resistant Film by Jim Tassone

Virtual tactile touch areas by Dave Bhattacharjee

Resistive Touchscreen Dots by Robert Phares

Switching to the iPhone 3GS by Conrad H. Blickenstorfer;

NUI Group's “Multi-Touch Technologies” by Justin Ireland

Last Word: Over supply? Market consolidation? by Bob Senior

Display Industry Calendar 

104 pages
 

Issue 29

 

May 22, 2009

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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 

63 pages
 

Issue 27+28

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March 24, 2009

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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

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January 29, 2009

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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

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Issue 23+24

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November 11, 2008

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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

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August 23, 2008

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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

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March 31, 2008

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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

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January 6, 2008

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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

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October 16, 2007

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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

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July 31, 2007

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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

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May 28, 2007

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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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Issue 13

March 30, 2007

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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

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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

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 10

November 24, 2006

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 9

October 8, 2006

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 8

August 30, 2006

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 7

July 31, 2006

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 6

June 21, 2006

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 5

May 3, 2006

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 4

March 13, 2006

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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…

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 3

February 6, 2006

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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

Display Industry Calendar 

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Issue 2

December 29, 2005

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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

Display Industry Calendar

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Issue 1

November 27, 2005

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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

Displays Industry Calendar

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