Microsoft's Multitouch Coffee Table Display

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday May 30, 2007 @01:36AM from the ok-admit-it-you-want-one dept.

longacre writes "Popular Mechanics takes the Microsoft Surface system for a hands-on video test drive. To be announced at today's D5 conference, the coffee-table-esqe device allows manipulation from multiple touch points, while infrared, WiFi and Bluetooth team up to allow wireless transfers between devices placed on top of it, such as cameras and cell phones. Expected to launch before the end of the year in the $5,000-$10,000 range, the devices might not make their way under many Christmas trees, but will find the insides of Starwood hotels, Harrah's casinos and T-Mobile shops."

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I could see how this could be a problem. by paranatural2002 · 2007-05-30 01:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

When you place your wi-fi enabled digital camera on the table, for example, Surface 'sees' the camera and does something extraordinary: It pulls your digital pictures and videos out onto the table for you to look at, move, edit or send. Images literally spill out in a pool of color. I'm sure everyone at Starbucks wants to see my 'home movies' of me and my dog. On a more serious note, isn't this a bit fishy? It grabs your stuff without even asking? Isn't that...you know, bad?