Published
Wed, Nov 17, 2010, 16:45
- Stantum Technologies, the company behind the multi-touch controller, have announced its imminent demise.
Production on JazzMutant Lemur hardware controllers will cease as of December 2010.
Since the multi-touch Lemur debuted back in 2005 artists like Daft Punk, Hot Chip, Richie Hawtin, Matthew Herbert, Alva Noto and Bjork have all been keen adopters—and this one of the key points behind its demise. The Lemur was financially out reach of all but top tier artists. And then came the iPad.
"During five years and despite the new fever surrounding touch technologies, the Lemur remained the only Multi-touch device capable to meet the needs of creative people," reads the statement, released this week, from JazzMutant. "From now on, this ecosystem is evolving quickly: powerful consumer tablet devices are becoming mainstream, bringing the power of multi-touch to everyone.
"In the meantime, JazzMutant, renamed Stantum in 2007, has become a technology-centric company and developed partnerships with tier-one industrial partners to speed up this democratization. As a result, the need for a high-end dedicated hardware is doomed to vanish in the near future. This is why Stantum is announcing today that it will close its JazzMutant activity unit and stop selling its legendary Lemur Multi-touch hardware controller at the end of December while the stock lasts!"
The statement goes on to say that all remaining Lemur units will be sold on with a 25% discount from their webstore and authorized distributors and retailers.