TECH NEWS: HP TouchSmart DevZone; HP Interactive Solutions ISV Partner Program; Info from NextWindow

The following information is from the following HP press release:

HP Announces HP TouchSmart Software Development
"HP today announced the HP TouchSmart software development programs that allow software developers to create consumer and commercial applications for HP TouchSmart PCs and touch-enabled digital signage displays. The programs are designed to significantly increase the utility of TouchSmart products for consumers and businesses."

“HP TouchSmart development programs allow developers to uncover new market opportunities while users can discover a whole new world of possibilities on their touch products,” said James Taylor, director, Experience Marketing, Personal Systems Group, HP. “HP’s unique multitouch user interface, combined with native applications, provide the most advanced software platform for touch-enabled PCs and digital signage.”

HP connects with developers at TouchSmart DevZone

"Developers looking to create applications for consumer TouchSmart PCs can visit the TouchSmart DevZone at www.touchsmartdevzone.com to download the HP TouchSmart software development kit free of charge. The kit includes a complete set of code samples, documentation and application programming interfaces that make creating applications for HP TouchSmart products easy and fast"

HP Interactive Solutions ISV Partner Program Overview
"The HP Interactive Solutions ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Partner Program allows ISVs to register with HP to access technical resources and support for building tailor-made business solutions for business TouchSmart PCs and touch-enabled and non-touch digital signage displays. In partnering with ISVs, HP provides its business customers more choices and provides a more complete solution for their needs."


Note:

I have an HP TouchSmart - one of the reasons I bought it is that the touch-screen component was made by NextWindow.    Nextwindow was the company responsible for the large touch-screen display I used for a couple of  projects when I was taking HCI and Ubicomp classes during the first part of 2007. It had the best resolution and touch response of all of the displays I could get my hand on at the time. 


NextWindow screens can be found in new computers and all-in-ones. These include the  Dell Studio One 19, Dell SX2210T the HP TouchSmart 300, 600, & 9100, the Sony L Series, the Medion X9613, the  NEC's ValueStar W All In One, Leveno A70z All-in-On PC More information regarding Nextwindow can be found on the company's press release page.

-Photos from NextWindow

Stantum's Multi-touch Slate PC, Windows 7 Certified

The Stantum Slate PC is based on the Dell Inspiron Mini netbook platform. The 10.1 Slate accepts handwriting, gestures, and text-based input. Is in the "proof-of-concept stage.

Slate PC Proof of Concept (pdf) Includes specifications. Stantum also offers Multi-Touch Development Kits (MDK's) that include a controller board featuring PMatrix, a controller chip. and a touch panel.

How PMatrix Works (from the Stantum website):


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Stantum's unlimited multitouch meets Mini 10 in a fight to the death
(Josephe L. Flatley, Engadget, 11/17/09)

JAZZ MUTANT
Jazz Mutant is the Music & Media product division of Stantum.  I offers multi-touch control surfaces for audio and media - Dexter and Lemur.

More information about Stantum and other multi-touch focused companies to come!

Age of Pervasive Computing: "Trillions" video from Maya Design about the trillion node network

Food for thought:


Trillions from MAYAnMAYA on Vimeo.


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Maya

The Trillion Node Network(pdf)
Written in 1999 by Peter Lucus

Abstract:
"It is widely accepted that in the foreseeable future the worldwide network of computing devices will grow to billions, or even tens of billions of nodes. However, if we broaden our consideration to include networks of information devices (all artificial systems that deal in any way with information), then we are likely to be faced with much larger numbers. A network of one trillion devices is not inconceivable. Design at this scale cannot rely on engineering discipline alone. It will entail the kind of loose consensus among communities of designers that, in traditional architecture and design, goes under the name of “style.”"

Smart Multimedia Kitchen by SieMatic: Networked appliances, media, and the Internet right at your fingertips.

The SieMatic S1 Kitchen incorporates the internet-of-things in your home.  It's my dream kitchen!


SieMatic won the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Client Innovation Award in the lifestyle category last March (2009) at CeBIT for the SieMatic S1.  The SieMatic S1 is internet and home-network ready, and can integrate television, the DVD player, Internet radio, PC's, laptops, iPods, audio systems, etc. In addition to WPF, the S1 system also incorporates Windows Embedded Systems.

The S1-Grid, an infotainment control/display unit, can display information and content from the Internet, including RSS feeds, weather reports, e-mail, and personal content, such as recipes and photos. If you are watching a television program or a movie from a DVD on the display, you can stop it to view information about the progress of your networked Miele@home series appliances. Networked appliances can also be controlled from this display.  You can interact with everything via a touch screen or an Air Mouse.






Screenshot of control display demo - you can interact with this demo online.

For detailed information about how this system works, take a look at the information on the Siematic website:
Precisely S1: What does the kitchen of the future look like? ( the ambient multimedia overview of the S1 concept, set to relaxing music.)
Inside S1: What do kitchens mean today? (includes a philosophical video about food, kitchens, and the meaning of life.)
SieMatic S1 Grid ( the technical stuff)
S1 Interactive Demo
SieMatic S1 meets Miele@home

Elastic Creative, Delphi Productions, GestureTek, & the Metronic HRS multi-touch table and wall

I came across this on the Elevating Interactivity blog:
Medtronic HRS Conference Tables & Walls -Elevating Interactivity, 11/10/09

Elastic Creative and Delphi Productions collaborated to create the Metronic HRS multi-touch table and wall application.  The hardware system was by GestureTek.

Medtronic is a medical technologies company that has been around for many years. Some of their projects include the Activa deep brain stimulation therapy used to treat Parkinson's disease and other conditions, pain management therapies, and more.






Here are the videos:




Medtronic HRS 2009 Multitouch Table from Elastic Creative on Vimeo.

SOMEWHAT RELATED
The following is a video featuring Elastic Creative's work with Colardo Creative for Immersion, a company that creates systems and technology that integrates touch feedback into products, including medical simulators used in training physicians for minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Immersion Brand Video from Elastic Creative on Vimeo.

BBC Video about Immersion's medical simulation application:



Elevating Interactivity's 6 Levels of Interaction

Interactive Content & Communication Across Platforms, Screens, and Situations: Nokia's The Way We Live Next 3.0

Nokia's The Way We Live Next 3.0 conference was held November 10-11, 2009, and I was fortunate to come across the concept video shared during the opening presentation.



-Via Putting People First and Nokia Conversations

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Nokia The Way We Live Next 3.0  Putting People First post

The Way We Live Next:  Social apps and open-source R&D (Jesse Sutton 11/11/09,  Wired UK)
(Discusses Life Tools, Health Radar, Mobile Job Hunt applications.)

Nokia- life in 2015 (JBC, Nokia Conversations, 11/11/09 - a review Heikki Norta's presentation. Norta is head of corporate strategy.)

Multiplying our Efforts (pdf)  Presentation: Henry Tirri, SVP, Head of Nokia Research Center

Communities creating Computers – Computers connecting Communities (pdf)  Presentation:  Peter Schneider, Head of Technology Marketing, Maemo Devices, Nokia

Communities of the Future (pdf)  Presentation:  Purnima Kochikar, VP, Head of Forum Nokia & Developer Community

Go Mobile with Cash (pdf)   Presentation:  Teppo Paavola, VP, General Manager of Mobile Financial Services, Nokia

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The Nokia Braille Reader (Experimental)


The Nokia Braille Reader is a joint project between Nokia, Tampere University, and the Finnish Federation of Visually Impaired.

Cross Posted on The World Is My Interface