Brain Scanners, Fingercams Take Computer Interfaces Beyond Multitouch

September 2, 2008

With their easy-to-use touch screens, Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are driving home the idea that computing can be more than just tapping away at a keyboard and clicking a mouse.

So it's no surprise that multitouch displays (screens that are sensitive to the pressure of more than one finger) are capturing the imaginations of other manufacturers, including Samsung, Palm and Hewlett-Packard.

But multitouch is merely the first step of a coming revolution in the way people interact with computers.

By Priya Ganapati

Full Story: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/brain-scanners.html