Ok what the heck is this?

[fryke]

You mean a very thick tablet in the form of a table? Nah.

[bobw]

Surface machines will cost $5000 to $10,000 at launch, so probably not many of us will be buying.

[Lt Major Burns]

Originally Posted by Satcomer

I wonder happens when someone spills a liquid on it or some kind of food crumbs?

the entire top of it is inch-thick plexiglass. so i suppose what would happen is you would get a cloth, as otherwise it would dry and go a bit sticky, which can be annoying

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

Originally Posted by Tommo

CJ, it is not desgined to be used like a typical computer it looks very interesting though I'm not sure what would happen if you put your feet up on it while watching the football :-)

As for Microsoft stuff not working or selling I think the Xbox section might have a few comments to make on that. Have you still got your 360 by the way ?

I think this is just another stupid thing from Microsoft.
They have spent so much time devloping this. Why dont they spend this time on a new OS. That will give them enough time to copy Apple and Google entirely.
Yes, I do have my 360... I'm not even going to get started with my 360. The disk doesnt stop spinning before the xbox ejects it. I could get a new one... but I cant be bothered. I've aready had 5 replacements. The only game I play is halo anyway... and at first that was designed for mac. Im not totally addicted to apple... I Swear...
If you would like to add my gamertag. I am CJ UK 1992 or Old Granny Mary (Modding Account)

[Ferdinand]

The real question is: How does it recognize different drinks, mobiles etc... ? It's not like you put a bar-code on every bottle of coke saying what kind it is! In these demonstration videos, the people just put their phones on it, and it knows everything about it. Ok, their might be some way of doing this with electronical stuff (phones, laptops, PDAs etc.), but DRINKS? I mean come on! How can it tell apart apple and orange juice in the same sort glass/bottle? It doesn't have smelling-sensors, nor does it have a camera, only the touch-technology. And that isn't (by far) enough to know what you're putting on it.

I think this "Microsoft Surface" thing won't come out for at least another two years.

[fryke]

The articles I've read about it _do_ talk about such tags, though for objects put on the surface. A code consisting of a few dots. Basically, this means it does _not_ recognise unknown objects, even if they look exactly the same besides that code AFAIK.

[Captain Code]

Originally Posted by Ferdinand

The real question is: How does it recognize different drinks, mobiles etc... ? It's not like you put a bar-code on every bottle of coke saying what kind it is! In these demonstration videos, the people just put their phones on it, and it knows everything about it. Ok, their might be some way of doing this with electronical stuff (phones, laptops, PDAs etc.), but DRINKS? I mean come on! How can it tell apart apple and orange juice in the same sort glass/bottle? It doesn't have smelling-sensors, nor does it have a camera, only the touch-technology. And that isn't (by far) enough to know what you're putting on it.

I think this "Microsoft Surface" thing won't come out for at least another two years.

RFID tags. The phone had wifi which explains how they transferred pictures from it.

Personally, I liked the one by some guy at MIT that worked on the same multitouch concept. His was using touch screen tech. and Microsoft's uses 5 different cameras to sense the motion. Probably one of the reasons it costs so much.

[Mario8672]

Whoa! That is SO cool!