This newest version is very much like the regular 24HD that came before it, but now Wacom has added gesture control and multi-touch features to the mix for the 24HD Touch. They’re also promising an improved 24-inch display with 1.07 billion colors, covering 97% of Adobe’s RGB gamut. There’s also RGB backlighting for even better color rendition.

“Increasingly, as creative software incorporates multi-touch interaction and gesture support, the Cintiq 24HD touch provides a natural input experience for all related activities including concept sketching, illustration and especially 3D activities such as sculpting, modeling and animation,” says Professional Products Brand Director Don Varga. “The ability to manipulate a 3D model or pan, zoom and rotate an image with one hand while simultaneously sculpting or sketching with the other delivers a completely natural experience enabling artists to stay completely in their creative zone.”

Be expected to pay a pretty penny for all of this though. The Wacom Cintiq 24HD Touch will retail for $3699 when it ships this August, a full $1100 more than its predecessor.

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Gesture control, as you know, is not new, but it’s great when the feature is coming with a new laptop. With the new Sony VAIO 14P, the latest addition into the company’s E Series, you will be able to imagine that you are Obi-Wan Kenobi and flick through web pages, play music and adjust the volume by just waving your hands.

The new Windows 7 laptop picks up your hand movements via its 1.31 MP HD webcam which is powered by Exmor for PC. The gesture control feature is supported by the Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer 9, PowerPoint and PowerDVD.

Powered by a 2.3GHz Intel Core i3-2350M processor, the 14P is coming equipped with a 14-inch VAIO Display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 and 16:9 aspect, and it has a backlit keyboard activated by an ambient light sensor which also controls the dimming of the screen to save power. Present also is the DVD SuperMulti optical drive that powers down completely when not used and automatic switching between AMD Radeon HD 7670M graphics and integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 ensures efficient energy use.

You will also get 4GB of DDR3 SDRAM and 500GB of HDD along with two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 ports (one of the latter will charge your mobile), and many will love the sleek and funky design. The machine is available in white, black or pink, but unfortunately no hints about the price tag. Check out the Sony UK website if you want to know more about it.

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