Perceptive Pixel, Inc. is a company specializing in research, development and production of multi-touch interfaces. The company was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han
, who publicly demonstrated multi-touch hardware and software technology at the TED

TED (conference)

TED is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate "ideas worth spreading"....

conference earlier that year. Perceptive Pixel is headquartered in New York City and maintains offices in Palo Alto, Portland, and Washington D.C.

The company shipped their first Multi-Touch Workstation and larger Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall

Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall

The Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall is a large monitor invented by Jeff Han that employs multi-touch technology, and is marketed by Han's company,Perceptive Pixel. Han initially developed the technology for military applications...

in 2007 and gained widespread recognition for transforming the way CNN covered the 2008 US Presidential elections. In 2009, the Smithsonian awarded Perceptive Pixel the National Design Award in the inaugural category of Interaction Design .

Perceptive's technology is used in broadcast, defense, geo-intelligence, energy exploration, industrial design and medical imaging.