Multi-touchscreen

Sometimes it only takes a small change to how a technology works to make it radically cooler and more dynamic. Take a look at this NYU prototype of a multipoint touch screen. Simply by adding the ability to have more than one touch point you can suddenly do things that are so much more natural to us as apes with opposable thumbs.

Skip forward in the video to see how they are able to quickly organize photos in a manner the older of us might remember before the digital photo revolution. (of course you would be able to resize them on the fly!)

YouTube Video (via Wired)