A few years ago at CES, Bill Gates demoed a future technology that would allow users to sit down in a restaurant, hotel, or airline lounge and use an interactive table surface to get work done. It was a very kludgey design at the time and didn't look like it would actually be made. Flash forward to yesterday when Microsoft's Steve Balmer officially unveiled Microsoft Surface.

Essentially Surface is a high powered computer built into a beautiful looking table with a 30-inch touch sensitive screen that can recognize objects placed on it. Using dynamic touch, infrared cameras, and physical objects, users can order food, browse photos, load their Zune with music, play games and a lot more. While it would be great to have one of these as the new coffee table in the house, Microsoft is targeting retail stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues with a price range of $5,000 to $10,000.







Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY says it all

LMAO

Great link Neels very funny

Ha Ha funny that

I'd rather stare at a screen in front of me than below.

sounds like you need a wall table....

That is soo funny!!! i saw that like a few days ago and i LMFAO!!!

I dont like that table thing because if microsoft!!!!

i figured by the time they release it the 'big ass table' part will be gone and it'll just be a surface that you can ether stick on the wall or on one of the 'big ass tables' you have sitting in your house already.
and as far as replacing human interaction when trying to order food drunk... woot!
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