What Magic Slate?
So, the Apple tablet is finally coming on January 26 (probably), but right now I’m a little bit more excited about the peripheral gizmo that might be called the “Magic Slate.”
Some backstory: as referenced in the intro video for 10/GUI, proper ergonomics cannot be had with a touch surface on a forward-facing display (ouch, my back) or, conversely, a flat display underneath a desktop touch surface (ouch, my neck). Given that Apple’s focus on ergonomics goes back to before the dinosaurs, and keeping in mind recent patent applications, I can imagine that the future-world of Minority Report (which I’ve been waiting for since I was like, five) is actually. not. so. far. off. anymore.
