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Jan 23 2012 9:58am EDT

Look Into the Digital Crystal Ball

Wicked Witch of the West and a burning broom.

Apparently Displax thought “startup” sounded a bit too advanced, so on their website they call themselves fledgling.

And yet, there’s nothing fledgling at all about their newest creation, a 120 centimeter Multi-touch Globe with six simultaneous touch-points to give users control of the screen in three dimensions.

The company brands itself as a part tech, part marketing hybrid— “an entrepreneurial technological nest.”

Their products may be targeted at the communications channels market, but there’s got to be a least one black-capped Westerner green with envy.

DISPLAX Multitouch Globe from DISPLAX™ Interactive Systems on Vimeo.

DISPLAX Multitouch Globe from DISPLAX™ Interactive Systems on Vimeo.

Want more high-tech computer screens? Take a look at another made of cold fog and lasers.


Michael del Castillo is a freelance reporter for Portfolio.com.

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