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New Table-Top "Surface" Computing
Posted by: Dr. Mercola
May 31 2007 | 2,370 views

If you’re in the market for a new coffee table or a really neat gadget … or both … check out the brand new Microsoft Surface. This piece of “digital furniture” boasts a 30-inch screen embedded in an acrylic tabletop, and it’s controlled simply by touching the display.

The Surface has incorporated a few unique touches that Microsoft hopes will turn it into a multibillion-dollar category:
  • It allows you to sort through photos, music and more the way you would in everyday life -- with your hands.
  • You can download photos and video clips simply by setting a digital camera with Wi-Fi capabilities on the display, and touching a button.
  • The touch-screen can handle multiple touches at the same time, so several people can use it at once.
  • The Surface can read bar codes, membership cards and more.
The first uses for the Surface will be commercial, but Microsoft envisions it one day being a household item on everything from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror.

If you want a first-hand account of how the Surface works, Gizmodo.com has a video of Bill Gates  "showing off his fancy new table."

Technology just keeps getting better and better!

The New York Times May 30, 2007





 
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