Microsoft Creates Touchscreen With 100x Less Lag

Touchscreen technology is becoming more and more popular. Not only is it showing up in consumer technology, it shows itself at ATMs, airplane entertainment systems, and much more. But there's one major problem with the trending tech; it lags. Most touchscreen panels experience a 100 ms delay between when you touch the screen and when it registers your touch. And that's all quite fine for most actions you'll make on a touchscreen device like tapping or swiping slowly. But the lag is really noticeable when your swipes speed up. For example, when you're quickly doodling in a painting app, you'll notice that your finger is often ahead of the line you're making.

Well, the engineers over at Microsoft Research may have found the solution. Microsoft has just created a touchscreen panel that lags bu only 1 ms. This delay is unnoticeable, even when you're drawing really fast. But don't get too worked up; we don't know if the screen will be in a future piece of technology, and the video just shows a box on the screen following a quickly-moving finger. Nevertheless, this discovery does give us hope for overcoming the touchscreen dilemma.

A 27" touchscreen, 178 degree viewing angle, 10 finger multitouch computer!

If you've ever tried a touchscreen computer, you're undoubtedly crazy about them. And this post, touchscreen computer fans, will make you very happy. ASUS demonstrated the ASUS ET2700 all-in-one computer at CeBit. This computer has a 27" touchscreen, a 178° angle, and 10-finger multitouch! 10 fingers! I usually use 1 or 2! And, knowing from testing them, 27" touchscreens are amazing. Many people say that this computer looks a lot like an iMac, and I would agree. ASUS did not give a hint about the price or specs of this computer... let's just hope it hasn't got an Atom like some other touchscreen computers.

Touchscreen Computers

I have made a daring prediction: touchscreen all-in-one desktops will be a big part of the future. I've always been hearing about them, but I've always thought that optical mouses are the way to go. But, yesterday, I decided to go to Staples and test touchscreen computers from HP, Dell and Asus to write about on my blog.

First off, I must remind you that touchscreen computers still have wireless keyboards and mice. Second, I must tell you about the thrill of using a touchscreen computer. You can browse wepages, toggle between windows, or change apps with the swipe of a finger. You can even zoom by pinching. All computers have excellent apps for painting, movie viewing, live TV, photo viewing, and sharing media. The touchscreen gestures remind me a lot of the iPhone. How about the price though? Shoudn't a touchscreen computer cost a lot more? HP's TouchSmart 310z will prove you wrong. It offers a 2.9 GHz Athlon II X2 dual-core processor, a 750GB hard drive at 7,200 RPM, 4GB of RAM, an 802.11n wireless connection, a wireless keyboard and mouse as well as a 20" touchscreen for just $649! You can get a TV tuner on it for only $50. If you still aren't convinced that touchscreen computers are thrilling, either watch this video or go to your local electronics retail store and try one out. Trust me, you'll be spending an hour there!