Microsoft Surface

How it works

Diagram by Intoaroute

(1) Screen: A diffuser turns the Surface's acrylic tabletop into a large horizontal "multitouch" screen, capable of processing multiple inputs from multiple users. The Surface can also recognize objects by their shapes or by reading coded "domino" tags.	(2) Infrared: Surface's "machine vision" operates in the near-infrared spectrum, using an 850-nanometer-wavelength LED light source aimed at the screen. When objects touch the tabletop, the light reflects back and is picked up by multiple infrared cameras with a net resolution of 1280 x 960.
(3) CPU: Surface uses many of the same components found in everyday desktop computers — a Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a 256MB graphics card. Wireless communication with devices on the surface is handled using WiFi and Bluetooth antennas (future versions may incorporate RFID or Near Field Communications). The underlying operating system is a modified version of Microsoft Vista.	(4) Projector: Microsoft's Surface uses the same DLP light engine found in many rear-projection HDTVs. The footprint of the visible light screen, at 1024 x 768 pixels, is actually smaller than the invisible overlapping infrared projection to allow for better recognition at the edges of the screen.

Source: popularmechanics.com

Microsoft's Multi-Touch 'Surface' Table..... Hmmm....

Latest device from Microsoft.

It may look like an old barroom Pac-Man machine, but Microsoft's Surface is the company's first product to make use of a new interface technology the firm calls "surface computing.- pc world

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I think this is one of the superb innovation made by Microsoft. Leading the market with new fresh
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device, beating the Apple's mac air book.

Just imagine, view your picture and listen to music using a table like this... Now your kids can draw whatever they like on the table and you can easily delete it.

I wonder if this can be turn into a coffee table. Hmmm :)
The fact that this item will be sold in Malaysia.... I guess.. let see how the marketing of the iPhone first... haha...