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 * Thanks Paul!


 * I appreciate the clarification and yes. what you describe is right on. We are looking at a single users application that will run on a 19" tablet learning device. Maybe the teacher at school then can interact with the students with DiamonTouch.  I tried to  get Jeff on board, but his "golden boy" status has him beyond my reach at this time. We have Kentaro Fukuchi helping us, instead. Since he's in Tokyo it will make it much easier for us to communicate together.

Couple more Questions:


 * 1) Can a tablet pc be multi-touch?
 * 2) On the top of your head what do you think a basic multi-touch hardware with a 19" monitor would cost (bulk buying 100m)?
 * 3) Who could build the software for it? If so, what would be the cost est. to do so? Development time frame est. ?
 * 4) Who are the potential multi touch tablet PC manufacturers? or can any display maker make them?
 * 5) Can you think of anyone that might be interesting in what we are doing? I'm looking to assemble our technical team of advisers. We have been propositioned by a foreign gov to build a math/science solution for under $5m. We'll probably use this project as an opportunity to the beta test the Eduit system.


 * Thanks for your help and clarification.


 * Have a great weekend!


 * Michael

On 5/2/07, dietz AT merl.com wrote:

 * Michael -


 * Thanks for the explanation. DiamondTouch is fundamentally a multi-user technology and is meant for applications where people are working as a group on a single device. Given the small size of your display, it sounds like you only intend to have one person working at a time, and thus a simpler multi-touch or possibly even a single touch technology is all that is needed. (Jeff Han is a good friend of mine, but I cringe everytime he muddles the difference between "multi-touch" and "multi-user". In my definition, a touch system is only multi-user if it can distinguish among touches from different users. For example if I grab a paintbrush tool and you grab an eraser tool, can the system know which to use on any given touch? DiamondTouch can. Jeff's multi-touch can not. My point is that a multi-touch system can obviously be used by more than one person simultaneously, but they are effectively acting as a single user.) Given the rapidly falling prices of standard touch screens, I think they are probably the best fit for your application. When you get to the point of thinking about how students can learn when working together, then that will be the time to start talking about   DiamondTouch...


 * Thanks!


 * paul