[LAD] Roger Linn should open source Linnstrument & release on meego :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoAOx97G8ew http://www.gizmag.com/roger-linn-linnstrument-digital-music-interface/15155/ ........ Sadly, that's unlikely to happen anytime soon - because the TouchCo multitouch pad that Linn used in the production of his prototype has been withdrawn from production. Apparently Amazon bought up the technology earlier this year ( http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/technology/04amazon.html?_r=1 ) with a view to using it in the Kindle eBook reader, but has completely shelved it and shut down the TouchCo operation, presumably due to the ongoing Intellectual Property chest-beating, suing and counter-suing going on in the multitouch arena right now. So the TouchCo website has nothing but a sad placeholder to offer ( http://touchco.com/ ), and Linn has nothing but his pre-production prototype to work with, ruling out the possibility of a LinnStrument hitting the market in the immediate future. ........ Could the meego touch API support the features needed by the instrument used in the above Youtube Video of Roger Linn? Some of the swipes and other gestures demonstrated in the video are available in http://apidocs.meego.com/mtf/gestures.html but an important one isn't: multitouch pressure sensitivity that is equivalent to "polyphonic aftertouch" on a MIDI keyboard -- allowing analog pressure readings to be taken continuously and simultaneously per touch. Is there interest in making such devices part of the "use case" for meego touch? And are there any such displays&touchsensors available for use with Meego capable hardware such as the beagleboard? I imagine one could extrapolate touch pressure by looking at how much area each touch consumes, dynamically -- (assuming a normal human finger whose tip would deform and cover more surface area with application of more pressure). Niels http://nielsmayer.com