The new learning environments are using 'interactive multi-touch desks that look and act like a large version of an Apple iPhone.' Their initiative, called SynergyNet, has several goals ...

it was found that something might help – multi-user multi-touch networked desks. The study involved over 400 children at 12 schools, most of whom were between eight and ten years old.

Researchers at Durham University in the UK are working hard to ensure that the academic sector isn't left out of the multi-touch craze. The still-unnamed "interactive multi-touch desk" is a major ...