Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Sun Sep 21 15:25:34 CDT 2008
Hi Shamil and Max Still interesting, but didn't an entertainment movie some years ago demonstrate exactly that technique for picture handling? Indeed the method for resizing? /gustav >>> max.wanadoo at gmail.com 21-09-2008 22:02 >>> Hi Shamil, This is not new. I saw this a year or maybe more ago. I passed details on to a guy who writes games. I think in time you will see lots of apps coming out for this. Imagine flicking through a database to find a record as you would a deck of cards etc. Max On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 7:58 PM, Shamil Salakhetdinov < shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru> wrote: > Hi All, > > Have you seen/are you all talking there about this amazing "thick" > technology from MS: > > http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html > > http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-29mssurfacepr.mspx > > > I did write "thick" because this really amazing (I will not get tired to > repeat that - I think I was never that excited about new technology) - this > "coffee-table computer" is still rather thick (or tall) - 50 cm(?) tall and > expensive - 5,000-10,000USD? > > Are there any rumors there when it will become thin and inexpensive enough > to be broadly used in usual office work? - But the latter promise to be so > unusual if that piece of technologies ever reaches it - but it (rather > soon) > will, will not it? > > It all looks like David Copperfield (Laser) Illusion - have anybody seen > that tables in reality and in action - they say they are now distributed in > AT&T stores/shops there, are they? > > Thank you. > > -- > Shamil > > P.S. BYW, it looks like MS Vista (or similar) Windows OS version drives > these "smart coffee tables"...