USB touch pad extends multitouch to Windows OS
In yet another edition of "super rad gadgets that'll never touch American soil," we present the Diatec SmartTrack Neo USB touch pad. Aside from the Japanese product page, there isn't much information out there, but we do know that this small USB pad adds multitouch functionality to PCs, which is perfect timing for the upcoming release of Windows 7.
The touch pad is roughly 3 inches wide and an inch long and features two buttons on the bottom as well as a single USB cord that connects it to a computer. Once installed, the device supposedly enables pinching, pulling, swiping, and turning, much like the motions on an iPhone, and it even responds to gestures with more than one finger. Unfortunately, the Web site indicates that the hardware is only compatible with PCs, so Mac Pro, iMac, and Mac Mini users can resume breathing.
More detailed pictures after the jump.
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Diatec)
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Justin Yu covers desktop computers, printers, and peripherals for CNET. When he's not scouring eBay for useless ephemera or eating hot dogs for breakfast, he spends his time making fun of Internet culture every morning on The 404 podcast. E-mail Justin. 
- by NervClaX April 22, 2009 1:07 PM PDT
- I had a fingerprint USB thingy for my laptop and I can't bring myself to use it. I know it would help me with passwords, but it's just such a pain to plug/unplug it. I know I wouldn't use this either. That's why my next laptop will have the fingerprint scanner and multi-touch built-in.
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