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Very cool, but will I ever be able to afford it?
Published on May 30, 2007 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

In the past year, the idea of multitouch interfaces has spread like wildfire.  It started with conference demos of graduate student research projects showing amazing new opportunities in UI and application design when you aren't limited to an artificial pointer, and really hit the mainstream with the unveiling of the iPhone at this year's MacWorld Conference.  You even saw a hint of the technology in Bill Gates' CES 2007 keynote speech, with the interactive kitchen countertop.

Well, this week, Microsoft is taking the wraps off of Project Milan, from the Surface Computing Team, and boy does some of this stuff look cool.  Here are just a few good links on this new tech:

Click the link below to go to Microsoft's official website for Surface Computing.  It's pretty cool stuff.  I can't wait until these appear on the consumer market!


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on May 31, 2007
I think you could expand the idea to an virtually unlimited input device, something the size of a keyboard that can BE a keyboard or a "hand manipulation" screen or a wacom type tablet, etc. with a separate monitor for output. The input device could bring up pics of a keboard or paint colors like he was showing or thumbs of pics etc etc


Kindof like the Optiumus Keyboard without the physical keys?
on Jun 01, 2007
Kindof like the Optiumus Keyboard without the physical keys?


and on steriods
on Jun 02, 2007
and on steriods

Yea, throw in that keyboard that was around a few years ago that was completely operated without keys, but by a multi-touch surface area. Had a replaceable decking which allowed you to create custom layouts. And you could to hand gestures just like what you saw on the Surface.
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