Future tech - moving touchscreens

By Esat Dedezade on Mar 27, 2012 8:28 AM
Filed under Hardware

Japan debuts moveable screen tech.

There's no shoddy workmanship here – these screens are meant to move. NEC and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have created a display which is anchored with adjustable wires at each of its four corners, resulting in a screen which can jerk and move in relation to what's on it.
Normal haptic vibration lets you know you've hit an onscreen object, but touching something alone doesn't tell you exactly where it is. If the screen itself moves then you have a much more immersive experience. Imagine feeling the heft of a riled up bird flying across the screen, or having the screen move to represent directions in a navigation app.
There's no timeline for its release as yet. The tech itself works, but looks quite clunky at the moment. There's also stiff competition from Senseg's Feel technology or Apple's own virtual button tech which could find its way into the iPhone 5 – so who know which next-gen screen tech will come out on top? In the meantime, check out the tech in action below:

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Apple testing iPhone 5 with A5X chip: report

By Stephen Graves on Apr 11, 2012 8:06 AM (1 day 14 hours ago)
Filed under Mobility

Plus 1GB RAM.

iPhone 5 rumours are like buses – you wait around all day and then they all come in at once.
Apple is said to be testing iPhone 5 prototypes packing variant A5X processors.
According to 9to5Mac, Apple has packed its iPhone 5 prototypes into iPhone 4S bodies to throw nosey parkers off the scent – though the actual iPhone 5 is expected to come with an all-new design.
The A5X chip was specifically designed to power the new iPad's retina display, so the model being used in the iPhone 5 is a variant model – known internally as the N96. The new iPhone is also set to come packing 1GB of RAM – again, just like the new iPad.
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