Well the Cintiq 21ux is really good.. but if you don't work in graphic Design or something similiar you just don't need it.. It's better then pen and paper and a lot better than a mouse or tablet for a Graphic Designer..

I thought the focus was on a variety of devices that use gesture. Not TS replacing mice. I can totally see something replace the mouse someday with just as much if not more accuracy eventually. Remember the first optical mice?

It there is going to be a revolution, I will NOT stand to see Microsoft dominate yet another market.

I read this article last week when it was published and seems a bit odd to me, yes there are now different ways to input onto a computer but most of the examples they use above are not used for general PCs. I mean the pictures are of Guitar Hero, a Touch screen thing and WiiFit. None of these are in any way practicle to the business world and none of them are a viable solution when considering cost. There current is not better way to use a PC then with a mouse and keyboard and none of these technologies have proven themselves as efficient....I mean what will the FPS gamers do? Use the 360 controller for windows? *shudders*

I would absolutely love to have one of those, but they're just too damn expensive. I'll have to satisfy with the Intuos3

the mouse is leagues ahead of all other input technologies when it comes to accuracy and comfort. Try using a pointing device or a touchscreen for hours of work LOL.

That article is a complete and utter load of wank...

The BBC can't report on technical stuff to save their lives, they don't know what their talking abou...

Nothing will replace the mouse within the next 10 years.

How can this be seen as anything but a good thing? At the very least, touchscreens can be used as a more user-friendly (and faster!) mouse. Want to double-click something? Tap it twice. Aim a gun in a FPS game? Touch the spot, and have your gun there instantly a 'la Metroid Prime Hunters. There won't be any more need for the split-second delay while you move the mouse to touch something.

"Gorilla arm"

Gorilla arm was a side-effect that destroyed vertically-oriented touch-screens as a mainstream input technology despite a promising start in the early 1980s.^[2]

Designers of touch-menu systems failed to notice that humans aren't designed to hold their arms in front of their faces making small motions. After more than a very few selections, the arm begins to feel sore, cramped, and oversized -- the operator looks like a gorilla while using the touch screen and feels like one afterwards. This is now considered a classic cautionary tale to human-factors designers; "Remember the gorilla arm!" is shorthand for "How is this going to fly in real use?".

Gorilla arm is not a problem for specialist short-term-use devices such as ATMs, since they only involve brief interactions which are not long enough to cause gorilla arm.

Gorilla arm also can be mitigated by the use of horizontally-mounted screens such as those used in Tablet PCs, but these then have the problem that the user's need to rest their hands on the device increases the amount of dirt deposited on the screen, and occludes the user's view of the screen.