Have you guys seen this??!

I don't think your link is working quite right. I saw something called "Microsoft Table" which featured a picture of someone doing a newscast. Is this what you had in mind?

I'm loving it. So maybe I can afford one of these in about 10 to 12 years if I live that long. Something to look forward too.

Yep. Just watch the newscast - MS's "iPod" on steroids.

Thanks Daiwa. I'm on dialup so probably slow. But I'll give it a shot.

Very Cool

Ya. I stuck with it and saw about 75% of it (dialup). Its cool!  

Be nice if you will be able to mount it like a drafting table...and draw with a stylus.  

That's just what I was thinking I.R., Great minds think alike eh?

It's a very cool thing, I would love one.

If your dial up is that bad, you need a change. I can't go without cable so why would I go with dial up? I think my computer needs are worth 25 bucks a month. Ofcourse bending over the table wouldn't do my back much good. Now angle that thing up a bit and that would be great.

space....the final frontier, these are the voyages of the starship microsoft

well what ever it is, i want it and i want it now

very very cool. god bless technology

I WANT ONE TOOO   

Okay, everyone back away from thier screens!  :LOL

Now get the screen cleaning wipes and clean off the drool.  

Yeah, everyone wants that kind of display, but just how practical is it?   

Now if it was a holographic display, much more practical.  

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

I would like a small one by my front door.
I would like one counter in the kitchen to have one.
I would like to have in in a pull out drawer on my desk.
One in the living room for controlling all lights and media in the house.  Temperature too.
Slap a small one in the console of my car too.  Why not?

The fact is . . most of the demos I've seen have not shown me ways that I would use this day-to-day.  How often do I really need to move, stack, rotate, and resize images?   

I don't think it would ever be my primary interface or C . . . but it'd be nice to have a few around.

I did have a thought though . . what might this do to the service industry in the US?  Most wait-staff get paid below minimum wage (DON'T GET ME STARTED ON *THAT!!) plus tips.  If restaurants installed these things to order with . . I'm not sure that the staff would get tipped as much.  Same for Barkeeps.  On the other hand . . service might improve. 

One last thought . . . skinning would be easy:

  

Are these surfaces safe to put...stuff on? I noticed that in most of the shots, the drinks were off to the side. Still it is pretty awesome. I'd have to get back to you on what exactly I'd use it for.

This is not meant to replace keyboards. Don't expect to see it for your home computer.

Voice will replace keyboards.

This "replaces" (conceptually) the mouse. The human hand is far more flexible and responsive than a mouse.

As always with concept models, there is some way to go, of course. In the same way concept cars are demonstrators for future models a few years ahead. However by the time the touch screen technology (which is all this is) takes another step forward, as it surely will, voice recognition will be a mature technology - then life is going to get very interesting   

20 years ago people were going nuts in pubs and bars playing "tennis" with a moving dot and sliding underscore in table top sized screens - now graphics has moved on somewhat into 3D games.

It'll replace the home PC for sure, and it will not be that far away.

I disagree . . try using Voice in a busy office or with music playing.  I'll stick to my keyboard.


I disagree here too.  As a second "screen" where my mouse is now it has petential.  But I don't think people want to reach out and touch their screen or reach across a flat tabletop to do things all the time.

But you know what . . 
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Ahhh that old cheastnut - well even their shades got replaced with others, let alone the suitcase they had for a radio