Microsoft Surface in a coffee table shaped computer or surface computer is not only a cool but also a niche application with 30 inch display that allows you to move objects freely by touching on the screen with your hands just like moving a picture frame around. The result is no more keyboard and mouse, and allows the users to picture the surface by interacting via voice, touch, pen and could also interact physically on the screen by literally grabbing the items on the screen. Visit here for its magic, power, possibility and behind the scenes of what Microsoft Surface can change the world video clip.

What’s more, it is so advance that you can place any gizmo onto the screen and it could perform like creating, sending a personal postcard, browsing and downloading songs from MP3 player, not to forget ring tones without plug and play, pulling digital photos from camera or phone, and even can read barcode from wine bottles telling information about wine, pictures of vineyard, traveling seasons and the lists just goes on.

In a statement by Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, he said:
‘We see this as a multibillion dollar category, and we envision a time when surface computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror’

Remember the Internet-screen on microwaves and fridges evolution, though it is in its infant phase with its promising application that in the next 3-5 years more consumer-friendly pricing models will be coming out… as with all new technologies which would definitely changing the world we are in computing.

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