In this TED talk, Jeff Han (a scientist at NYU) demonstrates a computer system that is driven purely by touch. No keyboard, no mouse clicks, just ten fingers and varying amounts of pressure. I want one.
P.S. You should also check out the rest of the TED website. They've got videotaped talks by people like Dan Dennett, Al Gore, David Pogue, etc.
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I saw this a few months ago:
http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/
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