Have you ever paused and wondered how computers would be like in the future Perhaps what immediately comes to your mind would be a plethora of science fiction movies where you see computers respond to a variety of concocted interfaces like voice, thought, and yes, touch. Though it was just a movie based on some wild imagination by the writer, the technologies shown are starting to become a reality. In the year of 2006, inventors came face to face with multi-touch technology and were completely astounded by the seemingly endless possibilities that this baby technology offers.

Though multi-touch technology has been in existence since the 1980′s, its use was never really fully established until several years later. It was brought into being by several university students, but work on their newly discovered multi-touch device was abruptly stopped when they decided to concentrate on different software and hardware interfacing. Multi-touch technology went into hibernating mode for several years and seemed to have been forgotten. Then in the early nineties, a thesis on a multi-touch digital desk started to capture the fancy of several inventors and once again, multi-touch technology research was brought back to life.

Then came the year 2006 where inventors and developers gathered in one place to share their inventions and concepts. It was the year that the first true multi-touch interface was unveiled and people suddenly took keen interest in what it can do. What started as a simple concept now began making waves in the touch interface market and for the first time, the technology that you only see in the movies became a reality.

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