I’m a bit of a sucker for touchscreen technology – the possibilities are enormous and can take us away from the decades-old paradigm of keyboards and numeric pads. Of course, we’re still at the start of this transition but it’s exciting to see what pioneers are doing. Over at Tech E Blog they’ve got a video of BumpTop, which is a bit like Microsoft’s much-talked about Surface:

I like the ability to put lots of things in one pile but the really nice stuff is the 3D desktop – you’re inside a giant room, effectively and you can spin the room round and play with the “walls” as well as the “floor”. It’s all in software (so no need for new hardware), which is a bonus. The best thing is that you don’t need a touchscreen to get started with it – you can use a mouse or two mice to explore if you don’t. But it’s obviously a lot cooler with the touchscreen, so it’s a good transitional step between the two.

More about this can be found over at OhGizmo!