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At the Apple’s September Music Event today, Steve Jobs has unveiled a completely redesigned iPod nano featuring Apple’s Multi-Touch interface that lets users navigate their music collection by simply tapping or swiping a finger on the display.

Nearly half the size and weight of the previous generation, the new iPod nano features a polished aluminum and glass enclosure with a built-in clip, making it instantly wearable. The new iPod nano features Genius Mixes, the ability to create and edit playlists, a built-in FM radio with live pause and up to 24 hours of music playback on a single battery charge.

“This is the biggest reinvention of the iPod nano since its debut in 2005, and we think users are going to love it,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Replacing the click wheel with Read more…

10/GUI and Con10uum are concepts by R. Clayton Miller which aim to define how an ideal multi-touch system would work.

10/GUI adapts the touch interface to the proven posture of the mouse. By splitting the touch surface from the screen 10/GUI creates a one to one pad on which all ten fingers can rest as well as interact. A hypered resistive capacitive array detects the fingers positions and detect pressure to register individual finger presses. Read more…