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I haven't been able to dig up specifics, so hopefully someone with more knowledge can add to this, but the CNN "Magic Wall" is an 82" LCD Multi-Touch Display ma
by co_pl_te 14y ago
I haven't been able to dig up specifics, so hopefully someone with more knowledge can add to this, but the CNN "Magic Wall" is an 82" LCD Multi-Touch Display made by Perceptive Pixel — originally a privately owned company founded by Jeff Han that was acquired by Microsoft in July this year.
As far as I can tell, it's powered by an NVIDIA Quadro 6000 workstation. Not sure about the software, but it's likely custom-tweaked.
Perceptive Pixel's tech was originally developed for military applications (and the military does use their displays), but you can see why newsrooms would swoon over tech like this — especially for election coverage.
Here are a few links to related articles that might provide you with more information:
Wikipedia article on Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Touch_Collaboration_Wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Touch_Collaboration_Wall
Perceptive Pixel's page on their 82" display:
http://perceptivepixel.brandgreenhouse.com/products/82-lcd-multi-touch-display http://perceptivepixel.brandgreenhouse.com/products/82-lcd-m...
NVIDIA's Quadro 6000 page:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-6000-us.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-6000-us.html
2008 WaPo article on CNN's Magic Wall:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402796.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02...
Jeff Han TED Talk from 2006:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_tou...