Dec 092010
 

BendDesk is a curved interactive surface that combines a horizontal and vertical multi-touch surface seamlessly with a curve.

Researchers from Aachen University’s Media Computing Group have created a computer workstation where the desk and screen are transformed into one multi-touch display. The display is curved at the middle and uses infrared emitters and cameras to track user movement over the whole of the surface, which has its graphical user interface beamed onto it by a couple of short throw projectors hidden within its wooden frame.

For more information: Visit http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/benddesk

Dec 092010
 

Adobe has announced that Google has licensed Adobe Content Server 4 software as its ebook content protection solution for Google eBooks. With the addition of Google, more than 200 publishers and distributors worldwide have now deployed Adobe Content Server 4, making it the most pervasive Digital Rights Management solution for ebooks and other digital publications.