We've been spending some time recently looking at the potential for the use of multi-touch interfaces in control room design. It seems to be a strongly emerging technology in the consumer market but so far hasn't made so much impact in the world of command and control.
In digging around we came across this video from American Airlines where they were looking to introduce a multi-touch system to replace a rather antiquated paper-based system in an airport traffic planning environment which plans the movements of planes on the ground.
For those of you attending the International Control Room Design Conference in Paris this October, look out for the paper from Adam Parkes on multi-touch interfaces - there may also be a sneak preview of the paper later in the summer on the CCD website.