Touch screens were quite the rage for sometime but the excitement about them has almost died down. Something extra was needed to bring them back into the limelight. Teraokaseiko Co. Ltd. has displayed a touch panel display that can be sued from either side of the panel. The double-sided touch screen was made by attaching a resistive touch panel to either side of a transparent inorganic EL panel that had been developed by Teraokaseiko. The double-faced touch panel was part of the exhibitions at the Sign & Display Show taking place at the Tokyo Big Sight (Aug 28 to Aug 30, 2008).

The inorganic EL panel has a pixel count of 256×120 and has an orange monochrome display. The double-side view allows users to use the touch screen without blocking a part of the display from view. Since the screen can be used from both side, the interactive uses of the panel also increases. Apart from allowing two people to use the touch screen at the same time from both sides of the panel, the double-side touch screen offers other features, such as the pinching motion made famous by iPhones (tapping and sliding touch movements are also accepted).

Via Techon