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Japanese company develops double-sided touchscreen
CrunchGear — ... monochrome panel features a resolution of 256 × 120. While the display has a transmittance of 51.2%, light transmittance of the inorganic EL panel (and the two touch panels attached to both of its sides) stands at 80%. Further technical information is rather scarce at this point but the concept itself is quite cool. The new touchscreen can be used for digital maps (users will not hide parts of the display with their hands) and for two-player games, for example. Via Tech-On

Double-sided transparent touch display would make Battleship amazing
Engadget — ... You've got to feel bad for the vendors at the Sign and Display Show 2008 that's going on in Tokyo right now for being totally overshadowed by IFA, but this nifty dual-sided transparent touch display from Teraokaseiko is definitely noteworthy, even if it just ...

Double-sided touch screen interface unveiled in Tokyo
DVICE Atom Feed — ... transparent inorganic EL panel technology, can be used simultaneously on either side. Once the panel is distributed to the retail market the company expects it to be used for a wide array of applications including gaming and mapping software. And, just in case you were wondering, it employs the now well known pinching function so popular on the iPhone, so when these things hit the streets you won't need to brush up on your John Anderton impressions. Via Nikkei

Double-Sided Touch Panel Makes All My Electronic Tic-Tac-Toe Dreams Come True
OhGizmo! — ... people excited. Besides making my ‘2-player touch version of tic-tac-toe while the players are in different rooms’ dreams come true, the technology should also facilitate those concept PDAs and UMPCs we’ve seen where you navigate by touch on the underside of the display so the content isn’t blocked by your hands. (And yes, the touch panels do allow you to tap, slide and even “pinch” the content just like on the iPhone.) [ Tech-On! - Double-faced Touch Panel Display Debuts ] VIA [ DVICE ] ...

Dual Touchscreen Gives Gamers A Potential Date
GEARFUSE — ... , the possibilities of gameplay are extensive. That is, if you can get around the 256 × 120 resolution and the orange monochrome display.  Imagine if they set these up in bars. You could be playing Tic-Tac-Toe with a complete stranger who ends up being the love of your life. Link [ ...