[LINK] surface

[Kim Holburn]

On 2007/May/30, at 2:09 PM, Harry wrote:

> Kim Holburn wrote:
>> Slick, shiny, very shiny:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
>
> This is not new.
>
> http://i386.kruel.org/blog/?p=251

Hey, this is Microsoft, it would be incredibly unlikely that they  
produce a truly innovative product.  I assumed they had bought it  
from somewhere but then how much does Microsoft spend on R&D?  What  
do they have to show for it?

Last year someone sent me these links so it's clear other people are  
working in this area and these guys brought this out in 2005:

> crazy modular multi touch synthesiser ... i
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h-RhyopUmc&mode=related&search=
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPG-LYoW27E&mode=related&search=

and I read a few weeks ago people talking about patents for  
multitouch interaction on the net.

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