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"Wi-Fi connectivity and touchscreen controls"

"Think touchscreen, without touching the screen - this is virtual touchscreen."

Microsoft Research has revealed a technology that allows for any surface to be turned into a 'touchscreen,' including the human body. Referred to as the OmniTouch, the gadget was presented during the UIST 2012 symposium in Santa Barbara, USA. The OmniTouch combines a laser-based pico projector and a depth-sensing camera.

"News agency Reuters reports that Staples in the U.S. agreed to install Amazon Lockers. Similar to BufferBox, Amazon's service sends customers an email with a pickup code they enter on a touchscreen to open the self-serve locker containing the package. Shoppers have three days from delivery to pick up the package."

dooh in Finland gives people a chance to vote whether the guggenheim museum should build a gallery in the city. shows a Facebook "like" or "dislike"

Georgie is built specifically to help blind users navigate day-to-day obstacles such as taking bus rides, reading printed texts, and knowing their exact whereabouts in unfamiliar areas. The app lets users dial numbers using a voice assisted touchscreen. Users can also utilize the speech input to send text messages and tag previous routes or hazards through navigation apps.

The advert, which will have a two-week trial, will use a high-definition camera to scan hundreds of thousands of passers-by. It will guess their gender based on the distance between their eyes, the width of their nose, length of the jawline and shape of their cheekbones. With a built-in computer, touchscreen and sound, it will be 90 per cent accurate, its designers say. "We're not giving men and boys the choice to see the full ad on this occasion - so they get a glimpse of what it's like to have basic choices taken away," said Marie Staunton, Plan UK's chief executive.

allow visitors to learn about the various exhibits throughout the museum by using video, touchscreens and the Internet to connect with the artwork.

Key takeaway: "As our possessions become smarter and smarter, the question becomes less about if we can interact with these objects and more about how we want to interact with them. Touchscreens will simply be one of the many options-after all, swiping and tapping a flat, glassy screen isn't a blanket solution to make something interactive."

TouchTools is a user interface that allows the user to manipulate tools on a touch screen as you would normally in the real world. As opposed to simply typing, tapping and swiping, as we do on the devices many of us have at present, this new idea lets you write as if you were holding a pen, erase as if you were holding a rubber and even measure as if you were holding a measuring tape.

The Inspiration Corridor, a booth that uses facial and body recognition, as well as purchase histories, to suggest items to consumers and help locate them.

wearable

"Home of the Future" stuff- touchscreen device that shows power usage among appliances and shuts off power draining electronics once you vacate the premises :-)