Op Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:18:46 +0000, schreef Tim Smith:
On 2007-06-08, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Related:
Jeff Han's Research Ripped by Microsoft Surface?
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| Jeff Han, consulting research scientist for NYU's Department of
| Computer Science, developed a multi-touch interactive graphical
| interface, which he presented at the TED conference over a year
| ago. His research turned into its own company, Perceptive Pixel.
|
| Now it seems Microsoft completely ripped the idea and created
| Microsoft Surface.
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Except Microsoft was researching in this area long before Han. You
*know* this, so why did you post the above?
Ow c'mon. This whole touchy screeny thingy is as old as the way to Rome.
Heck, you touch a certain spot, and lo and behold, a computer responds.
Great Innovation. Not.
Microsoft are proven, yet unrepenting liars and thieves, so why defend
them?