Multi-touch interface at CNN newsroom

For reporting on the US presidential primaries CNN used the multi-touch technology from Perceptive Pixel.

A multi-touch system similar to that of Microsoft (as reported in November 2007) was installed in the CNN newsroom.

multi-touch system at CNN (youtube video)

According to CNN, the main advantage of this technology is, that complicated matters for the prediction of the election result could be visualized very easy. For example, pie charts got adjusted by hand movement to show the impact on the final result.

A detailed report about this system on washingtonpost.com.