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New devices might provide a more intuitive way to interact with a PC than the keyboard

(Image: David Merrill/MIT)

WE ARE used to sitting in front of a PC’s screen while tapping away at a keyboard. But is this really the best way to communicate with a computer?

The Nintendo Wii remote control and Microsoft’s Surface multi-touch display have begun to change the way we interact with computers, but even these give us feedback in a conventional way. Now Pattie Maes and David Merrill at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

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