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Jul 25^th, 2007 at 2:37am

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Microsoft Surface. What do you like it and what do you don't like? Do you think it is going to be a big success? What tech advances do you think will be in it?

I find that the Microsoft Surface OS seems to be cool. It feels so Star Trekie. Just imagine a coffee table doing everything for you. Grin

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Reply #1 - Jul 26^th, 2007 at 10:53am

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It's a interesting spin on the idea. They were bound to come up with it eventualy! It's not all that new though. The technology has been around since the 90's, although it is cheaper now, the same basic idea already exists. For example, I was at a mall in Pennsylvania (can't remeber town) that had the front lobby "paved" in the touch sensitive stuff. You could draw, write, and play games on it. If you just walked around on it, animated charachters would follow you around. It was pretty entertaining to my easily amused mind!

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Reply #2 - Jul 26^th, 2007 at 1:32pm

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It's way more than merely walking over a touch sensative floor. It not only responds to touch, but it communicates with a number of other hand held devices. VERY impressive! I can see it being an appliance in just about every home. Set your camera on top, and Surface allows you to view and share the photos. Set your music device on top, and surface allows you to add, and change selection lists. I'm impressed. Seems these are just the , uhhh, hem, surface of the number of possibilities.

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Reply #3 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 12:44am

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Of course, there is always the rediculousely high price tag. But thanks to Moore's Law and the way the market changes and reacts towards new and old technologies and innovations, we can expect to initially see them in public areas like airports and cafes. Over time, we'll then see them in homes. How much time will that take? I don't know.

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Reply #4 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 5:09am

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its a very good idea, but a bit of a gimmik.

however.... i want one... Tongue

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Reply #5 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 2:17pm

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I will want one... when I'm rich lol

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Reply #6 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 4:42pm

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Technology you see on TV is very typically derived from communication with leading scientific and educational institutions.

In example,

How may of you noticed the communicators (flip top box) in the original Star Trek series of the 60’s looks very much like today’s typical cell phone?

Do you know why?

Because Gene Roddenberry had a circle of friends and contacts at NASA, Harvard, MIT, and all the major science based organizations and in that case, got the idea from a Harvard professor who at the time had already designed the layout and mechanics behind the flip top cell phone device and even provided him with sketches. All that was missing were the electronics which were also being designed, just not on the miniature scale because the technology would not allow it at the time.

They all knew what direction the technology was going and they all knew it was just a matter of time for industry and economy, and society, to use these devices.

What you see on Star Trek is not really the future, it’s the present grasp of what is to come that simply has not yet been built.

Then there is the military and higher level scientific community involved in high security projects. If it is being introduced to the public for retail sale, more than likely it has been in use for a while elsewhere Wink

Processor and bus technology is like that. Retail is about 5-8 years behind the military and space program for processor speed no matter what you see on the market or discussed by the companies. If its due out in 2009, you can bet its in use today.

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Reply #7 - Jul 27^th, 2007 at 4:53pm

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Nick's a naughty boy but i won't say why Tongue

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