Don't loose your fingers, you might need them.

Technological, electronic developments are a major characteristic of the current society. In addition, mainly the mobile phone industry is dealing with fast developments: Apple and Blackberry are competing with each other nowadays about which telephone is the best one for businesses. However, the main difference between both mobile phones is the absence/presence of a touchscreen, but what are the opportunities of these touchscreens? Touchscreens are not only implemented in many mobile phones, but also in several other environments. In class (User Interface Design) our lecturer showed us a fascinating video about a vision towards the future of touchscreen technologies:



This video shows an impressive imagination about the future. The implementation of the touchscreen is ranging from walls, to mirrors, to windows, etc. However, not every technology in the video is just a fantasy. Many applications in the video are existing (in a low stage and in development though).

Look at this interface which turns your table into one giant computerscreen:



Furthermore, this is an oversized blackboard for interactive teaching (invented at the University of Groningen):



And look at this amazing touchscreen storefront:

As you can see, there are many technological innovations which are still under construction. From my point of view touchscreens offer many opportunities for useful gadgets, but still it is hard to imagine to live in a world like in the first video. It is unknown what life will be within approximately 50 years, but the technology is fast. That's for sure.