A must watch!!

Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/65

I was absolutely blown away by Jeff Han’s design of the multi-touch interface. I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen for one second and truly wish he would have explained and show every application he could think of. This new technology could improve the fields of so many different industries. Using this tool could also make things faster and easier. The lava lamp application which he started his presentation off with completely won me over right away. I started thinking about the options and uses of what this application does. Using both hands to sculpt an object in the world of an artist would decrease time and cost of supplies. Using this you would be able to create and market your work to see if people are interested in the project. Then after the artist could proceed to make it out of whatever material they choose. This is also a great idea because is a mistake is made the corrections are effortless and time isn’t spent wasted on redoing the whole project. I would also play with my lava lamp when I have nothing else to do.

I think the application that would be the best marketing technique would be the photo application. Moving around photos quickly and easily, typing captions right on them and increasing size and decreasing it would make some jobs so much simpler. Imagine yourself working for a magazine company and needing to make an organized presentation, yet you have papers and photos everywhere and you are disorganized and frustrated. Now imagine you had this multi-touch interface and in minutes you are arranging all your pictures, controlling sizes and making a well designed presentation. There could also be a simple photo shop application added to the interface and the ability to take a model’s shot and airbrush and thin her out is right at your finger tips. Also for newspapers as well to simply insert text into a series of photos with any fuss would be ideal.

Jeff spoke about a technology perhaps coming in the future about a keyboard that follows you. He says “Interfaces should be conforming to us”. I think this is a very interesting idea. While I don’t know if I would ever need this option the fact that it one day may be available is outstanding. The fact that the keyboard can pop up when you need it too is an interesting tool and also adds to the aspect of saving space on a desk.

Lasting Jeff’s 3D map of the world was so real I could hardly believe my eyes. NASA has already been using something like this for tracking. The best part if the fact that it is 3 dimensional and you can angle what you’re looking at to see what kind of terrain you are looking at. It was so clear and colour coded so you could possibly know weather conditions, whether it is farmable or a large city.

All in all, this product is unbelievable and I am in awe that this is how far and advanced our technology has become. Bravo to Jeff and his team, and I am very looking forward to one day working with this.