Sometimes newscientist manages to get me excited. This is such a simple tool, and still I would dare to say it might be better than regular touch desplays, eve in it's current unfinished state. Also, it has so many applications besides touch, like scanning in 3d and so on. I really hope this catches on.
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@ 1:36, I think that a broadway group of dancers or some group, has been using this technology to dance on a 50 foot wall/screen which interacts with where their feet touch. Been around for awhile.
Very interesting, I'm looking for knowledge to design something similar but geared to my needs, could you tell me which photosensor you used? Thank you very much in advance.
That is pretty cool; Could we clip like 2 or 4 of the sensors on a desk? It would be cool if I could use my entire desk as a touchpad I could also see this technology being used with Projector Screens
@EdouardDubois My colleague works on and plays with this idea on university. He does it with two web cameras and some colours (one colour for each finger ;-) ). The hard part surprisingly is connecting it with operating system.
@ojik Oh I do believe the technology exists and is out there, it's just... A) Too expensive to massively implement just yet. and B) Like you said there is a lot of fine-tuning that still needs to be done. But with enough time it will become standard, I hope.
if you position the infrared sensors correctly in a room wouldnt it be like iron mans system where you use gestures and stuff to move objects? just suggesting
wow, imagine minipulating your monitor like this instead of using the mouse or using this to minipulate MRI images i know there's ppl out there working to make force feedback gloves image using the data from an MRI, plus the gloves, with this type of minipulation technique you can start feeling the insides of a patient before you ever begin a surgery
I imagine you could use it for 3d scanning, except that concave surfaces would be missed. If you imagine trying to scan a shape, which is concave like a letter C, the shadow of the beams going around it to detectors would indistingushable from a letter O.
People who talk about cancer and all of that, there is one thing they have to put in their mind. People who work to imrove technologie, can't all work in the only one departement! We all have our own interest! But what you must keep in mind is every kind of discovery, can help in a other field!.... Can this "touch screen" cure cancer? No, not directly. But this tech may be use in some kind of futur traitements against cancer or any other thing. ex: radiation are used for chimioterapie...
Can I use for example my huge water-retaining old vagina as surface? Its about time it came to any use for digitial interfacing applications. Surely this is as saving grace for many women like me around the globe wanting to scale and move my photos.
Sometimes newscientist manages to get me excited. This is such a simple tool, and still I would dare to say it might be better than regular touch desplays, eve in it's current unfinished state. Also, it has so many applications besides touch, like scanning in 3d and so on. I really hope this catches on.
I wonder if this technology eventually got implemented into industry , 12 years after the upload
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@ 1:36, I think that a broadway group of dancers or some group, has been using this technology to dance on a 50 foot wall/screen which interacts with where their feet touch. Been around for awhile.
this will cure my grandmother's cancer
So amazing, wonder when this will be out commercially.
Those pictures at the end are from D&D. The respect I had for you just multiplied tenfold.
A musical grid should be made so that the screen becomes an instrument. The possibilities are endless.
Very interesting, I'm looking for knowledge to design something similar but geared to my needs, could you tell me which photosensor you used?
Thank you very much in advance.
Lol
Looks helpful. Seems it can be used more than just a touchscreen.
@DeathofSpeech Your comment is exactly what I tryed to explain. I totaly agree with you!
That is pretty cool;
Could we clip like 2 or 4 of the sensors on a desk?
It would be cool if I could use my entire desk as a touchpad
I could also see this technology being used with Projector Screens
@EdouardDubois My colleague works on and plays with this idea on university. He does it with two web cameras and some colours (one colour for each finger ;-) ). The hard part surprisingly is connecting it with operating system.
This would be awesome if used to scan a person and make it a 3d render inside blender or other programs.
the water part was f-ing cool! Gimme!!! lol
WOW!!! now that's technology! I am speechless........
When can we see it hitting any products? I will give my eye tooth for that!
@ojik
Oh I do believe the technology exists and is out there, it's just...
A) Too expensive to massively implement just yet.
and
B) Like you said there is a lot of fine-tuning that still needs to be done.
But with enough time it will become standard, I hope.
WOW! well done new scientist! THAT 's INTERESTING!
So, can we line up a few of these in a row and get a 3D interface to go with a 3D Monitor?
right where do you get one..
that is until an insect flys through the sensor field...
awesome... where do i buy one ?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
This is real?!
take my money
Roses are red
bees make honey
if this is real
take my money
if you position the infrared sensors correctly in a room wouldnt it be like iron mans system where you use gestures and stuff to move objects? just suggesting
I'm from the future. We still don't have this technology yet :/
@Aeonhem You only want to see near finished projects and science is more than that.
I'm reminded of Minority Report's fictional interface when I saw this. This might even not need the "touch" portion of it's name.
Are these available for purchase? I have a project in mind that this would be perfect for.
wow, imagine minipulating your monitor like this instead of using the mouse
or using this to minipulate MRI images
i know there's ppl out there working to make force feedback gloves
image using the data from an MRI, plus the gloves, with this type of minipulation technique
you can start feeling the insides of a patient before you ever begin a surgery
one more question pls...this system use also camera or just IR LED's?
it look like it lags a bit but very cool
Some more sensors and this technologie could be used to build a 3D scanner.
where can I buy it????
where can i buy one
i was ready for him so say at the end
"and hurry, zerotouch is now 50% off at amazon"
@TravvyG yea
All I can say is...
Give us gesture recognition like they have in Minority Report.
@FrankaDith Can i use the body as a multi touch surface now? haha.
I was responding to the top comment ,dont know if you had noticed ?
is this the same tech as konami's mocap arcade games???
but does it blend? :-?
Oh and this sounds very low cost too.
has anyone tried this at home does it really work
Doesn't seem expensive. So that in turn means that if you buy one you pay 5% material 15% development and 80% "we just want money".
Can this technology be used for 3D scanning?
I imagine you could use it for 3d scanning, except that concave surfaces would be missed. If you imagine trying to scan a shape, which is concave like a letter C, the shadow of the beams going around it to detectors would indistingushable from a letter O.
BUT DOES IT CURE CANCER!?!!??!?!??!
neat. it looks like something out of Star Trek or a really futuristic movie.
u don't show any details about how connecting the LED's & the enfra red
and how connect them with Pc with usb if u have any idea please tell me .
how??
unfortunately there is no pressure sensitivity. So using a stylus would be a shitty experience.
Ahhhh but does it work with windows 7?
This is how the Grudge gets around.
@Yvessam mabe not radiation but, you know what I mean, I just don,t remember the name.
Where did the Dungeons n Dragons pictures came from ? :D
Minority Report?
looks like normal touchscreen technology to me...
This is awesome.
This can be used to navigate disaster sites in Google Earth
Very cool.
@DeagleBeagle not directly, but in some way, mabe. Mabe this tech can be involved in futur new kind of traitement. But it's not for today.
My touch screen only allows 2 touch points. Good that they have 20 on Microsoft surface lagoon so they can scare a million fishies
I see the basis for a 3d scanner
but how will this cure cancer?
you showed us what it is but it would be helpful if showed us how!!!!!!!!
WOW actually that's easy to build, I wanna make one!
basically, this makes 3d objects 2d
I thought my screen had shit on it
@Zlibservacratican japan has those already ;)
People who talk about cancer and all of that, there is one thing they have to put in their mind. People who work to imrove technologie, can't all work in the only one departement! We all have our own interest! But what you must keep in mind is every kind of discovery, can help in a other field!.... Can this "touch screen" cure cancer? No, not directly. But this tech may be use in some kind of futur traitements against cancer or any other thing. ex: radiation are used for chimioterapie...
Anyone else have this idea like forever ago? -_-
build it in 3 dimensions...
sweet
Like a kinect
I had an idea like this 4 years ago.. why dont i ever go with my ideas I COULD BE RICH by now lol
Nice!
Put this in games!
1:40
mind = blown
lol, systems like this are already used in some (few) smartphones
@theend1245 without your computer you couldn't spam on this channel... say thanks to engeneering.
Can I use for example my huge water-retaining old vagina as surface? Its about time it came to any use for digitial interfacing applications. Surely this is as saving grace for many women like me around the globe wanting to scale and move my photos.
interesting.
Hells yeah!
I WANT ONE!!!
this is frickin aws0m
wow!
what happened to the old female voice??
that is smart! :D
did he died?
I want
@Linky001 who did died? hurr hurr
Did he cure disease and did he died lol
Future is here xD
i c wat u did thar
3D scanner
@Linky001 lol
@D3mi4n hahaha, this is for sho!
FUCK YES
Holy shit
@Phluffey Yea. How about psychology of porn ?
Gimme!!
add depth, some porn, good to go
cool beans
@Zlibservacratican idk japan even has iced tea coke a cola!
3rd