Regarded as unrealistic and unachievable especially a few years ago, touch interfaces are installed today in the heart of our daily lives.
Applications based on touchscreens are far fewer followers than some other popular technologies (we think including flat screens and the HD image), yet they appear to be of great help in everyday life and revolutionizes our leisurely lifestyle. In small (or multi-touch ...).
The evolution of mobile telephony to the touch screens is definitely the most resounding success of this technology for the general public. Smartphones are the new spearhead of manufacturers and mobile operators. Who has not heard of the iPhone?
In a few years old, technical innovation and commercial strength of the giant Apple has propelled on to center stage the touchscreen phones, contributing to renewed competitiveness of the major manufacturers (Samsung, LG ...) and introduction of new brands such as HTC.
IT is no exception. Conventional monitors are being replaced by multi-touch screens, applications are numerous and relegate our dear keyboard and mouse to the rank of trinkets to hide in a drawer. The newer operating systems like Windows 7 is now compatible with use on a touch screen.
The laptops are also experiencing a major upheaval. No need of mouse or keyboard, touch everything. The laptops will be the same tomorrow flexible, as demonstrated by the prototype of the rolltop .
The tablet PCs are the last few years an Eldorado for graphic designers. Now accessible to all because of a notorious decrease in rates, they are very versatile and we see the emergence of devices required, for example a notebook that translates your handwriting into computer records, a practice to avoid retyping accounts minutes of meetings!
Other applications of haptic interfaces are found to be dangerous innovations, currently reserved for specific uses or improve techniques. We'll see for example the head of Microsoft Surface table.
Finally, even for the less savvy computer and gadgets and high-tech touch screens alongside everyday: kiosks, ticket machines and other ATMs are devices of everyday life.
