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Title: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: Jaguu on May 31, 2007, 11:56:12 am

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ (http://www.microsoft.com/surface/)

Seems to be Bill Gates present to the world before he retires!

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: johnnyboy on May 31, 2007, 12:45:57 pm

They've been working on the technology behind that for ages. Remember seeing that photo thing in their lab area like a year ago.
It should be pretty cool "once it's affordable for jo blo".

All your digital photos are suddenly released and you can just 'leave them lying' on the coffee table for everyone to see instead of trapped on your computer out of sight of everyone.

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: glynor on May 31, 2007, 01:03:14 pm

Ars did a write up on the project today: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070530-what-lurks-below-microsofts-surface-a-qa-with-microsoft.html

Does look fairly cool.  Little things like this:

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For communications, Surface features a standard Ethernet connection, WiFi, and Bluetooth, which opens the door to some incredibly slick-looking applications. In one, demonstrated in a Popular Mechanics video clip, Surface automatically detects a WiFi-enabled camera placed on the table and immediately downloads photos from the device. These "spill out" onto the table, where they can be sorted, resized, and edited by hand. Surface automatically establishes WiFi connections with Zunes placed on the table and could be used as a music kiosk or a way to push narrated tours to museum patrons.

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: KingSparta on May 31, 2007, 01:30:22 pm

looks nice, I would think the stock in Windex & Bounty would go up so that may be a good stock to buy.

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: pank2002 on May 31, 2007, 02:25:34 pm

It is kind of like Mitsubishi’s DiamondTouch (http://www.merl.com/projects/DiamondTouch/)?

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: KingSparta on May 31, 2007, 02:44:02 pm

that looks more like a multi user OS table for stuffed shirt white Collier Executives

Microsoft's looks more like innovative 'Gettin' Jiggy Wit It' multi user table for the masses

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: mhakman on June 01, 2007, 06:24:07 am

Personally, I would prefer a wall, whole wall that is. Then I could have digital windows in that digital wall.  ::)

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: Osho on June 01, 2007, 10:39:47 am

From what I understood from the Slashdot's discussion on this story (yeah I know how reliable those sources can be), this was an idea of one person outside Microsoft. Of course, Microsoft just borrowed it and ran with it.

Osho

Title: Re: OT - Who says Microsoft is not innovative?
Post by: hit_ny on June 01, 2007, 11:03:56 am

They always hype what the next OS will be, don't they ;)

How much of what was shown (a few yrs back) for the upcoming Vista *actually* made it into the final product ?

Let's get a buzz going and the media+net will do the rest.