Surface Computer(Microsoft)
Surface Computer The set was fashioned by Microsoft with Surface (codenamed Milan), the surface computer from Microsoft which was based entirely on a Multi-Touch interface and using a coffee-table like design, and was unveiled on 30 May 2007. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects such as paintbrushes across the screen, or by setting real-world items labeled with special bar-code labels on top of it. The Surface is a horizontal display on a table-like form. Somewhat similar to the iPhone, the Surface has a screen that can integrate multiple touches and thus uses them to direct multimedia content. Unlike the iPhone, which uses fingers' electrical properties to detect touch, the Surface utilizes a system of infrared cameras to detect input. Uploading digital files only requires each object (e.g. a Bluetooth-enabled digital camera) to be placed on the Surface. People can physica...