Jefferson Han

Jefferson Y. Han is a research scientist for New York University's (NYU) Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and one of the main developers of an "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen. The screen is based on "multi-touch sensing," which is similar to existing touch-screen interfaces but able to recognize multiple points of contact.

Jeff Han also works on other projects in the fields of autonomous robot navigation, motion capture, real-time computer graphics, and human-computer interaction.

He presented his multi-touch sensing work in February 2006 at the TED (Technology Entertainment Design) Conference in Monterey, California. TED released the video online 6 months later and it spread quickly on YouTube.

Han has founded a company called Perceptive Pixel to develop his touch screen technology further, and he has already shipped touch screens to parts of the military. [http://www.fastcompany.com/subscr/112/open_features-canttouchthis.html Can't Touch This] Fast Company, February 2007 ] Han's technology has been featured most notably as the "Magic Wall" on CNN's Election Center coverage [cite web|url= http://broadcastengineering.com/newsrooms/cnn_clarifies_complex_caucus/|title= CNN clarifies complex caucus cavalcade with new ‘Magic Wall’|accessdate= 2008-03-03|date= January 4 2008|work= BroadcastEngineering]

Han studied computer science and electrical engineering for three years at Cornell University before leaving to join a start-up company to commercialize the CU-SeeMe video-conferencing software that he helped develop while an undergraduate at Cornell. [http://www.fastcompany.com/subscr/112/open_features-canttouchthis.html Can't Touch This] Fast Company, February 2007 ]

Han was named to Time Magazine's 2008 listing of the "100 Most Influential People in The World."cite web
url = http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733754_1735325,00.html
title = Jeff Han - The 2008 TIME 100 - TIME]

References

External links

* [http://blog.centopeia.com/2007/03/21/jeff-hans-multitouch-demo-ii/ Jeff Han's Multitouch Demo (II) (2007Mar21)]
* [http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72905-0.html?tw=wn_index_1 Jeff Han: A year later (Wired Magazine)]
* [http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid271543545/bctid422563006 Jeff Han demonstrating multi-touch interface on big screen]
* [http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_han Jeff Han's 10 min Talk at TED Conference (2006) Monterey, CA]
* [http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ Jeff Han homepage at NYU]
* [http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/ Specific Multi-Touch Sensing work - includes video]
* [http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/03/etech_jeff_han.html Transcript of a presentation delivered at ETech on 7 March 2006]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiS-W9aeG0s Presentation over YouTube]
* [http://www.perceptivepixel.com/ Perceptive Pixel]