Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, October 22 2012 @ 10:08 AM EDT |
My university department was using large touch screens for HCI research at least
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, October 22 2012 @ 03:19 PM EDT |
Wikipedia says that the Plato IV
had a touch screen. And this link from npr give a touchscreen
timeline showing the first being in 1965.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, October 22 2012 @ 03:51 PM EDT |
I did some preliminary research on this in 2010
"History of touchscreens
and as prior art", and published here on Groklaw.
Maybe it could be
a starting point for you.
/IMANAL
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Authored by: xtifr on Monday, October 22 2012 @ 05:21 PM EDT |
The HP-150 was a DOS-compatible PC released in 1983 which came with a
touchscreen. Wikipedia has details. It wasn't much of a
commercial success, but it predates Linux. In fact, the free, cross-platform
editor that Linus originally used to create the first version of Linux had
optional support for the HP-150's touchscreen. (I still have the source to that
editor, which is how I was able to track it down.)
--- Do not meddle
in the affairs of Wizards, for it makes them soggy and hard to light. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Not HP-150 - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, October 22 2012 @ 06:01 PM EDT
- Not HP-150 - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 23 2012 @ 06:10 AM EDT
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 23 2012 @ 02:46 AM EDT |
Let's move the start date back from 1965/7 to the 1950's. Radar systems had a
tethered form of touch-screen technology that allowed one to select a particular
"blip" (radar return). I've put a couple of Wikipedia links below to a well
known example from 1958.
Image : "SAGE console"
Article :
"Semi-Automatic Ground Environment" [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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