Microsoft Surface

[badlieutenant]

Fair enough. I thought that Microsft was working with that group (Multi-Touch inc).

is this the group you were thinking of skels ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sz8ExZndc&NR=1

[skelstar]

is this the group you were thinking of skels ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89sz8ExZndc&NR=1

Yeah, thats what Twinkle linked to before.

[Deano]

Can you sit on it and make a copy of your arse or does your arse need to be compatible and be blue tooth linked to the screen ?

[skelstar]

This comes to mind every Friday night at the HCC eh Deano?

You Hutt boys

[Drunken Monkey]

From January 2006, and the idea wouldn't have been new then.
http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/

It's still cool though.
Has microsoft ever had an original idea?

Ah, yes, I had seen that before but couldn't find that link! Still, it's all well and good for a team of university boffins to come up with the technology, but you need some corporate muscle to get something like this into people's homes.

[twinkle]

Can't really argue with you there