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Moixa Announces Patent for Baffling "Sphere" Peripheral

Posted 04/01/09 at 02:03:36 PM  by Paul Lilly

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We're not sure what to make of Moixa's 'Sphere' I/O interface device, for which the company was recently awarded a patent. Moixa describes the device as an "apple sized multi-touch sphere that can be used to display the world (e.g. Google Earth), browse web pages, or control interactive games." Sounds intriguing.

Moixa says the device also weighs about the same as an apple, and can be collapsed to be either used or stored in its second form. This could change, of course, as the concept remains in render form, just as Art.Lebedev's OLED keyboard did before a shipping product finally emerged.

"In the future, phones and portable computing devices reduce to input/output and power. Sphere reinvents the look and feel of the advanced portable device as we rely more on services, memory and mapping stored on the web," commented Simon Daniel, Moixa founder.

Image Credit: Gizmodo

Anyone see this concept becoming an actual product? Hit the jump and post your thoughts.

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TAGS: Peripherals, hardware, multitouch, patent, multi-touch, sphere, moixa, input
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avatarLooks cool, but currently impossible

Submitted by colinjm0517 on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 3:38pm

This looks cool, but will need SERIOUS advancements in computing technology if it will ever become a reality.

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avatarHa ha ha ha... April Fools..

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 3:02pm

Ha ha ha ha... April Fools.. Man there are a bunch of fools here. Almost had me there until I actually read the article and checked out the link. LOL.... 

Good one.

Would have been better if there were articles threatening the immediate closure of AMD/ATI or something like that. That's what happened last year. Really funny crap last year.

MMO's got hit really good last April fools day. 

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avatarGimmick.

Submitted by jcollins on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 11:51am

Gimmick. Essentially a handheld trackball that controls the rotation/etc. of Google Earth.

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avatarCouldnt have said it better

Submitted by AntiHero on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 12:01pm

Couldnt have said it better myself.

I don't like Microsoft, I just associate with it.

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avatarive been trying to imagine

Submitted by Phated1 on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 10:32am

ive been trying to imagine looking at google earth on my palm, and it really seems far to small to be of any use. unless it was like a screensaver for the device.  This type of device seems more gimicky than practical.

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