*Jozzua | The Magnificent TechnopreneurMicrosoft Surface: New Table Technology Toy
Posted by Jozzua on May 30, 2007 in Thoughts & Relationships • 2 commentsI daydreamed once about having my own high tech restaurant. One of the things I wanted to do have some sort of automatic ordering system from the customers table. I wanted the menu to be available to visitors. They could just point and click on what they wanted to order and the system would notify the waiters and cooks about the orders.
Guess what, Microsoft is announcing it’s new table technology toy called Microsoft Surface that has what I was looking for. It is a new class of computers called table computers. Take a look the the following videos to see how it works.
First for painting…
Photo manipulation…
As a restaurant menu (this is what I was talking about)..
For selling cellphones…
Personally, I think it looks cool but it comes with a rather heavy price tag: $5,000-$10,000. I think Microsoft will opt to least these babies out. This doesn’t use touch screen technology:
It’s not a touch-sensitive screen. Instead, it relies on multiple cameras beneath the table that can see when someone touches it. It recognizes objects based on shape or by using domino-style identification labels on the bottom of the objects.
Just imagine if you could have these at home!
[...] seen Microsoft Surface. Apparently, there is a similar technology played upon by Jeff Han and his crew at the Courant [...]
an actual unit will be on display in the city within the next few weeks. i want one. i can totally imagine improving my photography workflow with one of these babies.
some bars and restaurants already employ some sort of touch screen tech- this would be the next step.
What worries me would be the cost of maintaining a commercial device like this. Think about how many times an ATM machine is serviced, or just how nasty that screen is gonna look after it is assaulted by a 2 year old on a sugar rush.
Oddly enough, the first thing that came to mind was “wonder what would happen if (thinking about how the office clowns tend to photocopy their arses) someone sat on it…i probably would for shits and giggles.”