The latest “isn’t technology amazing how it changes children” video meme has been doing the round on the interwebs. If you haven’t seen it, you can check it out above. It is a video of a one-year-old girl who has been allowed to use an iPad; we then get footage of her trying to use multitouch gestures on a magazine. The video is a fine example of a young child’s fine motor skills in mid development, but the claims made by the uploader of the video demonstrates our limited understanding of user experience design, the significance of the multitouch gesturing that Apple is so fiercely protecting...

I am writinjg this on the Magic Cube projection keyboa[[rd. I am a 65-words-per-minute touch typisst but the Magic Cube can appaRENTLYy only handle peck and hunt typing. [[[[[ k

Now I am back on my iPad’s on-screen virtual keyboard. Much better.

The Magic Cube laser-projects a virtual, full-size, 63-key keyboard onto just about any flat and opaque surface. You tap on the table in front of you, and the Magic Cube’s magic eye translates your virtual keystrokes into real keystrokes.

The device itself is tiny, but it...