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Solving the Challenges of Healthcare and Life Sciences with Microsoft Touch Technologies. Tim Huckaby CEO/Founder, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP. About…. InterKnowlogy ( www.InterKnowlogy.com ) Tim Huckaby, CEO (TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com)
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Solving the Challenges of Healthcare and Life Sciences with Microsoft Touch Technologies • Tim Huckaby • CEO/Founder, InterKnowlogy • Microsoft RD & MVP
About… • InterKnowlogy(www.InterKnowlogy.com) • Tim Huckaby, CEO (TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com) • Custom Application Development / Consulting / Software & Systems Engineering Firm headquartered in Carlsbad, CA • Design, Architect, Build and Deploy Enterprise Class Applications • Industry Experts: • Most of the employees are published, MVPs, RD, Speakers, etc. • Microsoft .NET Application development since 2000 • Microsoft .NET Rich Client /RIA Pioneers: Industry Leaders • Microsoft Multi-Touch App Development Leaders (Surface / Windows 7 / Silverlight 3) • Information Worker Solutions (VSTO & SharePoint) • Integration / Messaging, B2B / B2C, Wireless / Mobility • Leading Edge: Surface, WPF, Silverlight, Win7 touch, SharePoint, VSTO • Cutting Edge Solutions on emerging Microsoft technologies • Largest Client: Microsoft
Session Agenda • Touch Capable Computing: Using Natural User Interface (NUI) Technologies Improve The Patient Experience Multi-Touch Software built in Microsoft .NET: WPF, Surface, & Silverlight 3.0 Hardware & Software Platforms for Touch Computing Multi-touch enabled applications, used in healthcare to improve the communication, education and experience overall across the health and life sciences continuum. Demos, Demos, Demos
demo WPF 3D:The Scripps Research InstituteVitruView Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP
Touch Capable Computing Devices are Not New 1972: PLATO IV Touch Screen Terminal The Microsoft Surface Windows 7 Multi-touch Present Future (Now) Past
Inexpensive Touch Capable, Non Proprietary Hardware • A Multi-Touch Capable Windows OS • A Consistent Multi-Touch API for .NET across 3 Windows Hardware/Software Platforms • Developer Productivity in Touch Capable Apps • The Forecast of Touch Capability in Every New Computing Device in the Short Term What is Relatively New is:
Capacitive Infrared Resistive Hardware Implementations
Hardware Capacitive HP Touchsmart tx2N-trig (2-10) Infrared HP Touchsmart IQ816 NewWindow(2) Capacitive Dell LatitudeXT2N-Trig (2-10)
ResistiveThink Push Down and drag How to touch
How to touch CapacitiveThink Electric Impulse
Common hardware implementations • Capacitive • iPhone – Capacitive multi-touch cell phone / PDA • HP TouchSmart TX2 – Dual touch capacitive laptop screen. • Dell Latitude XT – Multi-Touch tablet using N-Trig capacitive technology • MacBook Pro – Capacitive Multi-Touch pad with traditional click • N-Trig – Capacitive monitor overlay vendor (Windows 7 Drivers)
How to touch InfraredThink laser pointer(s)
Common hardware implementations • Infrared • Surface – Infrared diffused illumination multi-touch “table” device • Perceptive Pixel – Frustrated total internal reflection multi-touch panels • HP TouchSmart– Infrared dual touch bezel all in one computer • NextWindow – Infrared Multi-Touch bezel vendor (Windows 7 Drivers)
Windows Desktop: WPF Surface: WPF Browser: Silverlight Software Implementations(on the Microsoft platform)
History of Surface 2001 The concept of an interactive table is born 2004 A dedicated group is formed, and more than 85 prototypes are developed 2003 The first prototype is presented to Bill Gates 2005 The look and feel of Surface is finalized 2007 Microsoft Surface is unveiled to the world
demo Microsoft Surface Healthcare DemosVideo Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP
Why WPF? • The GDI & USER subsystems were introduced in Windows 1.0 in 1985 • OpenGL – Early 90s • DirectX – 1995 • Goal: Overcome the limits of GDI+ & USER with the productivity of Windows Forms • Translation: The power of DirectX and the Developer Productivity of .NET
demo Windows 7 WPF Multi-Touch Demos Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP
Silverlight… “WPF Light” Lightweight WPF runtime • Interactive experiences for devices, PC, & Mac platforms (and others…) • Strict subset of Windows Presentation Foundation • Lightweight download (4.2mbs) • Programming model uses XAML + Jscript + WPF • Access to WPF tooling • Touch Capability in Version 3.0 WPF-based Tools <XAML> <Button Width="100px"> OK <Button.Background> LightBlue </Button.Background> </Button> </XAML>
demo Eclipsys CorporationSilverlight 3 - Enterprise Visibility Real-time Hospital Operations Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP
demo Silverlight 3.0 Demos Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP
Try Multi-Touch in Silverlight Now! • The InterKnowlogy Multi-Touch Enabled ScatterView Control http://client.interknowlogy.com/scatterviewdemo/
Summary • We are at the Cusp of the NUI revolution • Using Natural User Interface (NUI) Technologies Improve The Patient Experience • Multi-Touch enabled applications can be used in healthcare to improve the communication, education and experience overall across the health and life sciences continuum. • The Tools, Plumbing and platforms for touch based computing are powerful and available • Within a short time frame computers with touch capability will be the norm. • The .NET stack for Touch Based Software (Surface, WPF & Silverlight 3.0) is elegant and powerful • The Concepts of NUI change the way we design and build software
Tim Huckaby, InterKnowlogy • More info on InterKnowlogy: • www.InterKnowlogy.com • Contact me: Tim Huckaby • E-mail: TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com • Phone: 760-444-8640 • Blog: http://team.interknowlogy.com/blogs/timhuckaby • About Tim Huckaby… • CEO, InterKnowlogy • Microsoft® Regional Director – Southern California • Microsoft® .NET Partner Advisory Council Founder / Member • Microsoft® MVP - .NET • Microsoft®Surface Partner Advisory Council • INETA Speaker – International .NET Users Group Association • Windows and .NET Magazine Advisory Board Member • .NET Developers Journal Magazine Advisory Board Member • Author / Speaker