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Not really--you'd still be using large-arm motions on a large surface, holding up your arms so you wouldn't generate false touches. Even palm detection won't help, as you'd still need the large-scope motions to tie things together.


The "false touch" problem is solvable:

"Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4tYpXVTjxA

Basically the idea is to make devices aware of the physical context of user interactions.




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