On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Leonardo Gabrielli <l.gabrielli@univpm.it> wrote:

On 01/11/2014 13:00, linux-audio-user-request@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