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Post December 19th, 2008, 10:52 am

Anyone seen this?

http://www.bored.com/videos/play/241/Se ... irror.html

Seems to be the next major type of computer software, only it doesn't seem to be sticking to the computer.

I wasn't sure if i heard this correctly, but aren't Microsoft going to base their next version of Windows around this technology?
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Post December 19th, 2008, 10:52 am

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Post December 19th, 2008, 11:00 am

Making multi-touch displays is all the rage with electronics experimenters today, there's been lots of stuff on hackaday featuring peoples projects. I can totally see how this will make it to the main stream, especially with that HP touch screen thing.
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Post December 21st, 2008, 6:14 am

That's pretty cool. I can see it being used for weather/traffic/stock alerts for the business man/woman in the morning as they get ready.

Looks a little bulky though. You would definitely need space to put this somewhere unless it was built into the house.
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Post December 21st, 2008, 2:58 pm

I can see it being used for RSS feeds for Ozzu when getting ready in the morn :lol:
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Post December 22nd, 2008, 12:04 am

This is really cool ... I just think it might still be quite some time before something like this is made commercially available ...
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Post December 22nd, 2008, 8:34 am

What ever happened to that MS coffee table\computer\touch screen\entertainment center thing? I forget what it is called, and maybe it was only a concept and not actually a production thing.
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Post December 22nd, 2008, 4:36 pm

Didn't Starbucks invest in that system? I thought they were gonna start using along with their music stuff that they started to introduce the other year.

Seemed like a clever idea at the time.
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Post December 23rd, 2008, 12:03 am

it's called surface ...
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Post December 23rd, 2008, 8:35 am

The Surface is cool, but anyone with little kids knows the dangers of having a glass coffee table so this is kind of the same thing.
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