In the New Scientist, a group of researchers are demonstrating a UI prototype built around a "transparent" touch screen. Rather than obscure the objects on screen when touching them with a finger, the user touches the back of the screen and sees shadow images of the fingers overlaying the objects on screen.
The video is very cool. In practice, I would wonder about the practicality of their keyboard layouts, and how quickly users would become used to reverse touch typing.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
