Want a Touchscreen Wall? Table? Mirror? Check Out Skin.
August 20, 2010 by Bobby Travis 
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If you are even halfway interested in some of the “neat-o” tech available in futuristic sci-fi films, you are going to want to learn all you can about Skin. Skin is a hot new bit of tech that’s been brought to market by Displax, purveyors of several intriguing touch screen devices such as Crayon, an interactive table for kids, and the Oqtopus multitouch table. Skin takes all previous future-tech from Displax to a whole new level , though. We’re talking touchscreen-on-any-surface kind of cool.
“You could place Skin on any surface, transparent or opaque, flat or curved, and use it to display any interactive content you like. Displax’s multi-touch technology can detect up to 16 fingers at once and can also detect air movement.
Skin is completely transparent and works on surfaces that are also transparent; you can place Skin on a glass surface and interact with content displayed under the glass.”
Skin is a polymer film that works via nano-technology, and doubtless could have thousands of useful applications.
I want it in my house. What do you think Skin could be used for?
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Skin can be used for:
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–Yes my (insert item here) is awesome. Don’t you wish you had one that can do this?
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Anthony
Heh. Not sure I get it Anthony….are you saying Skin could be used for……… Anything? 0.O
It can be used for near anything, but the most important initial thing would be bragging rights to how cool your item is with this on it.
I think this is a great thing, but like too many other “way cool” techs, I’ll save my excitement for when it actually comes to market at a reasonable consumer price point
Anthony
Agreed. And once it is… it will be on my wall.
Nice article, thanks.
I wonder if something like this could eventually be the death of the monitor. Instead of monitors, we’ll be buying flat surfaces to stand up on our desks, and stick one of these to it. Even better if we can then peel it off, roll it up into a tube, and take it with us.
Death to monitors.. Not to soon but eventually. Think of material cost being saved.. Its all coming soon. Check out corning “a day made of glass”. Its crazy how close it is. My next tv will be touch screen.
I want my next TV to be holographic — like Star Trek. :)