New Technology!

A new prototype that a graduate student Chris Harrison has been designing would bring the "touch" world to a new level. He is designing a new technology called Skinput. It is basically turing a person's palm and arm into a computer. Image being able to tap two fingers together and make a phone call or use your finger to move an image on your palm. It would reinvent the way we look at technology. It's like something out of a movie.

It's been testing for the past 8 months and Microsoft has signed on to help. They've been thinking it would give them a major lead when it comes to futuristic touch technology. Dan Morris, a Microsoft researcher says that they have been working on it and depending on how fast they are that it would not be out for another two years to seven years. Harrison says that it would be like the iPod touch but on your self. It will move with your arm, pick up vibrations. And they have already tested it on people in Seattle.

Personally I think this technology is amazing. It apparently from this CNN report, it isn't the only prototype that is coming to surface. It is moving past the computer age and onto something more profound.

There is a video on CNN check it out. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/04/19/microsoft.skinput/index.html

iPad Review

So for my blog I thought it would be smart to review the iPad now that it has actually come out. I looked up some reviews ranging from the New York Times to “nerd reviews.” The main thing that everyone is saying that for a person on the go who wants to e-mail, read a book, surf the internet and play some games, then this is for you. You can get some many applications. Just in the past few days over a million apps have been bought, that’s pretty amazing.


However imagine trying to create a presentation on this thing, it would be quite difficult. In addition, the problem of that it doesn’t have Adobe Flash player sucks. There are plenty of websites that use that and like the iPod and iPhone a person using the iPad can’t use it. What is amusing is how many blogs have created an uproar over the iPad, people saying of how a laptop is better and what the iPad doesn’t have.


My overall review is if you want a fun big person toy then this would be great. However I would prefer to have a keyboard along with the monitor. Do I like the idea of the iPad? Yes Would I ever buy one? Maybe I think it all depends on what else is going to be created but of course we will all find a reason to why we hate that thing. I guess we will just have to wait and see.