Before he was controlling global opinion through the shadowy auspices of Scientology and Oprah, Tom Cruise was controlling information with the multitouch UI in Minority Report.

Yesterdays idle fancy is becoming todays reality though with the Minority Report UI being showcased at CeBIT. The UI lets you move, resize, flip etc but cool as it may be, where exactly are we going to use this unwieldy interface - in study halls? At work?