[LAU] Linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 93, Issue 1

[david]

On 11/01/2014 05:10 AM, Paul Davis wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Leonardo Gabrielli wrote:
>
>     On 01/11/2014 13:00, linux-audio-user-request at __lists.linuxaudio.org
>     wrote:
>
>              >hopefully, the article mentions this more a kind of "proof
>             of concept"
>              >than a real product.
>              >If we start to build real knobs on top of tactile
>             interfaces instead of
>              >building hardware interfaces, then we completely loose our
>             minds
>              >
>
>         10 years ago you could get knobs that would "stick" onto a
>         laptop/monitor
>         screen and sent control data. Nothing new under the sun. That
>         was actually
>         a real product. I'm 99.9% certain that the company who did it is
>         out of
>         business.
>
>     Paul, I'm curious, do you remember the name of the product or company?
>
> 2008:
> http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/sensesurface-puts-real-knobs-on-your-laptop-screen-165061/
> 2014: (kickstarter just finished):
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samuelverburg/tuna-knobs-stick-em-to-your-tablet-and-its-a-contr
> 2005:
> http://www.creativeapplications.net/i-os/physical-touchscreen-knobs-iphone-ipad/
>
> that's the 3 i found with a few minutes searching

Wow, sounds like ready to kickstart a patent fight! ;)

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