Multitouch tangible display - the Minority Report interface gets real

Ok, I may be a little late to report this, but what these guys designed is simply so stunning and amazing and might really change some perspectives we have towars computer-user interaction. Wath this:


They're also planning to use this for the visualization of social networks. It will make a great tool for visualizing and manipulating large graphs. I wonder if apple's I phone multitouch interface uses the same technology?