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Via Gizmodo comes word of this intriguing touchpad: JazzMutant's Lemur. The site describes this device as a "Multitouch Control Surface". Okay so far. But the really cool part (at least for interface designers) comes from reading more of the product distributor's website:

The Lemur's elegant simplicity is made possible by its sophisticated graphics processor and proprietary touchscreen interface that tracks multiple fingers simultaneously.

Using an editor application running on your choice of Mac, Windows, or Linux, you drag and drop switches, faders, and other objects into an exact simulation of the Lemur's screen. Make any number of interfaces, store them in an XML-based project file, then upload them to the Lemur and it's ready to go.

Sweet. Not sure how much freedom there is in changing the graphic elements, but that day will come (how long can it possibly be before someone hacks this?). And it's XML too, which makes me wonder what kind of things people will marry this to. We might be hearing about this one again.