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Oct 9, 2026 9 min

The Future of Desktop Computing? - Computerphile

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Tablets are taking over from desktop computing but what if we merge the two? This prototype demonstrates something new, that builds upon something centuries old - working with paper on your desk. Many thanks to Dr. Matthias Bues of Fraunhofer IAO in Stuttgart for showing us the prototypes.More on Fraunhofer: http://www.fraunhofer.de Floating Point Numbers: http://youtu.be/PZRI1IfStY0 The VR Cave: http://youtu.be/STMcWUtQr1Y Domino Addition – Numberphile: http://youtu.be/lNuPy-r1GuQ End of Moore's Law?: http://youtu.be/X8v1BB0UaDs http://www.facebook.com/computerphilehttps://twitter.com/computer_phileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputerComputerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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