Microsoft Coffee table with a difference!
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Microsoft has launched a coffee table-shaped 'surface computer' that responds to touch and is expected to operate in the hospitality sector. The idea is a touch-screen computer display that is embedded in the table surface – unlike traditional touch-screens, it can recognise more than one finger at a time, allowing several people to perhaps order at the same time. It also recognises products – so, in theory, place a cup of ethically-traded coffee on the table, and a display could appear giving details of origin, etc.
Thanks to the team at Coffee House for this great story.
Also seen in NZ Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10442852&ref=rss
