GIT 335
New Ways to Compute!
40 pts
One of the biggest changes in the way we interact with our computers has been through
new multi-touch screen technologies. Please review the links below to review three
different companies working to develop this new way of computing.
N-trig http://www.n-trig.com/
Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/surface/index.html
Apple http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/multitouch.html
NY Times article discussing multi-touch technology ( I suggest you read this first)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/technology/24proto.html
NY Times article on Surface
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/technology/30soft.html
For this assignment you will write at least a 2 (but no more than 3) page paper on multi
touch technology – what is it and what are some of it’s uses? You can use the links
here as references, and you can search for your own. All sources must be cited at the end
of your paper. A correct site has the title of the site, the actual url, and the date retrieved.
Please see the APA cites PDF in the module.
Your PDF is to be spellchecked and proofed and submitted through the Assignment link
as follow:
(yourlastname_1.pdf) You must also include your name in the body of the
paper also. If you are not familiar with PDFs , please see the information posted in the
first module.
This assignment is due 9/22 by 5:00PM
