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| Multi-touch Surface Computing - Where Did MickeyMouse Get The Idea? We all know that MickeyMouse's idea of innovation is to either buy it or steal it. Too bad that MickeyMouse's Surface computer is a projection device, requiring its use in a darkened room. If they're going to ripoff an idea, at least do it right. http://www.research.philips.com/news...tertaible.html "The Entertaible platform demonstrated at IFA 2006 comprises a 32-inch horizontal LCD, multi-touch and shape recognition technology, BaryBass technology for small-form factor bass reproduction, and PC-based control logic, all housed in a robust table-top unit only ten centimeters in height. This allows the Entertaible to be used in a wide range of settings and lighting conditions, and the hardware to be custom fitted in furniture." Love and Kisses, Doris -- My Microsoft Hero (he loves this company!) ... http://tinyurl.com/yp9cn2 Every flatscreen TV coming out of Asia today is Linux based. [Andrew Morton] BallmerBumBois: Frank, Julian, Richard Urban, Jupiter Jones, Harry Krause, Feliks Dzerzhinsky Sorry if I missed anyone, place your name here _________________. |
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| Re: Multi-touch Surface Computing - Where Did MickeyMouse Get The Idea? "Doris Day - MFB" <snort@nospam.com> wrote in message news:1180886693.320099@netadmin1.interbaun.net... > We all know that MickeyMouse's idea of innovation is to either buy it or > steal it. Too bad that MickeyMouse's Surface computer is a projection > device, requiring its use in a darkened room. If they're going to ripoff > an > idea, at least do it right. To be fair, Microsoft have been researching this 'surface' idea since about 2001/2002 if I remember rightly. As ever, the issue isn't as simple as how you paint it. But then that is how you like it, right? |
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| Re: Multi-touch Surface Computing - Where Did MickeyMouse Get The Idea? It's even earlier than that believe it or not. Microsoft has been interested in Surface Computing since the 80's. Also they've had a somewhat working demonstration of this in their MS Home of the Future for years. By somewhat working I mean that it was capable of fully tracking movement & handling input, but they were using it for minimal purposes & they were using bottom based projection for it. Also for Doris Day, it doesn't require a darkened room. It requires a surface capable of handling of retaining light while letting enough through to provide good brightness/contrast. That's part of what took so long to create the technology to begin with. It was tough to find the right materials. Also it's not quite projection in the normal way that you think of it. Then again, with the way "Doris" trolls around here I don't expect hir to ever say that s/he was wrong. "Robert Moir" <robspamtrap******.com> wrote in message news:euGd$3fpHHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "Doris Day - MFB" <snort@nospam.com> wrote in message > news:1180886693.320099@netadmin1.interbaun.net... >> We all know that MickeyMouse's idea of innovation is to either buy it or >> steal it. Too bad that MickeyMouse's Surface computer is a projection >> device, requiring its use in a darkened room. If they're going to ripoff >> an >> idea, at least do it right. > > To be fair, Microsoft have been researching this 'surface' idea since > about 2001/2002 if I remember rightly. As ever, the issue isn't as simple > as how you paint it. But then that is how you like it, right? > > |
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