Political Tech

With the recent election and all, Washington is definitely entering a historic new phase and we all know that. What isn't known is that there was a lot of technology behind this election. We all know about the internet and how it fueled campaigns, but that is not what I'm talking about. This is the first of 2 posts about the technology used by broadcasters for Politics.

CNN released a lot of new technology on election night and I feel that as a Technology Blogger, it is only fair that I talk about them. I am not singling CNN out but merely stating that they, as opposed to the other news networks, did some really neat and noticeable stuff. One of the features was the touch-screen LCD (either that or Plasma) TVs. that were used. Yeah, we have all seen those TVs before but I found these new ones really cool because they have this multi-touch technology by a company called Perceptive Pixel.



This video demonstrates the fluidity and ease of use of a multi-touch screen used by a CNN reporter.

Perceptive Pixel has already shipped out numerous multi-touch screens but the one that is most notable is the huge TV wall that CNN used on election night. Until now, touch screens meant a single point of contact, by either using a stylus or your finger or whatever. Multi-touch, as the name suggests allows for multiple points of contact and thus, a greater level of control and manipulation of data, pictures, videos, etc.