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Friday, October 11, 2002
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/10/10/021010hninterface.xml?s=IDGNS New interface looks to endanger mouse, keyboard Scarlet Pruitt Researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) have invented a technology that they say will do away with the traditional mouse and keyboard, replacing them instead with a touch pad and finger motions that will allow computer users to control their machines "like magic." The new interface consists of a touch pad that acts like a video camera, recording the objects touching its surface. An embedded microprocessor then uses an algorithmic process to convert the touches into commands understood by the computer, the researchers said....
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