Contacts: Sandra Potts Carrie Royce

Sawtooth Public Relations Cirque Corporation

-- Cirque develops user-friendly touchpad panel for high-traffic kiosk use --

Salt Lake City, Utah, June 13, 1998 -- Cirque Corporation, original developer of touchpad technology, introduced today a new solution for pointing on high-traffic computer kiosks. The patented kiosk touch panel combines Cirque’s durable solid-state touchpad with a simple, intuitive design that’s easy for first-time users.

As a maintenance-free input device, the touchpad is ideal for computer kiosks in harsh public environments. It does not require the regular cleaning or calibration that touch screens need to function properly, and is completely impervious to spills.

The new kiosk touch panel also offers low-cost convenience to kiosk manufacturers. At up to $300.00 less than the price of a touch screen overlay, this thin, one-piece touch device integrates easily into any kiosk blueprint. No software is required; functions are contained within the hardware module. And no custom programming is necessary; special embedded features make it as easy to operate as a standard mouse:

“Public kiosks must withstand constant use and abuse in high-traffic areas,” said Tom Donohue, Industrial Product Manager of Cirque Corporation, “and most touch screens simply cannot stand up to such harsh conditions. Cirque’s inexpensive yet rugged touch panel, on the other hand, is the ideal kiosk input solution because it can take the public environment and still offer intuitive navigation.”

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