In February 2006, Jeff Han gave a demo of an experimental "multitouch" interface as a "TED" talk. I've embedded the video below. Watching this today, the things he shows seems pretty banal - every $50 Android phone does this! - and yet the audience, mostly relatively sophisticated and tech-focused people, gasps and applauds. What is banal now was amazing then. And a year later, Apple unveiled the iPhone and the tech industry was reset to zero around multitouch.
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