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Old 02-04-2010, 08:21 AM   #1
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Amazon buys Touchco: a screen manufacturer
Iti s reported that Amazon has bought Touchco; a start-up, based in new York that is developing a new sort of plastic touchscreen.


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Touchco was established by a group of computer scientists from the New York University’s Media Research Lab to design cost-effective, power-efficient multitouch displays with an innovative technology named interpolating force-sensitive resistance (IFSR).

The screens can be employed on a slew of devices
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Old 02-04-2010, 08:30 AM   #2
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I would really love to see what Amazon has cooking up for the K3.
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Well, it looks as though they are planning a touchscreen reader. Sony already has one. Thr iPad is touchscreen too.

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http://www.t3.com/news/amazon-touchs...he-ipad?=43475
http://topnews.us/content/210564-ama...indle-hardware
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...er-Kindle.html

Perhaps Amazon is trying to compete with the iPad and include apps?
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Yes, they're launching a SDK for the Kindle...sure I've seen a thread on here about it.
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