by admin on May.13, 2009, under Uncategorized
by admin on May.12, 2009, under Schools
Surface isn’t all about making a sale or entertaining guests. Students and teachers at a school in the U.K. have been running a pilot program to see how Surface apps can make learning vocabulary and foreign languages more intuitive.
by admin on May.12, 2009, under Health
In conjunction with Texas Health Resources, Infusion built a demo app that shows how a digital health care system could be streamlined using Surface for patient consultations. Doctors could use surface to explain procedures and anatomy, learn about drugs and grab patient info from RFID-enabled HMO cards.
by admin on May.12, 2009, under About
by admin on Apr.25, 2009, under Applications, Chrysler
Engadget flagged a video for your viewing pleasure today of the new 200C concept from Chrysler running on Microsoft Surface. No, the car doesn’t have a Microsoft Surface inside like some yachts we’ve seen. But this is a great showcase of the natural interaction coming someday to a car to you as showcased on our beloved product.
by admin on Feb.17, 2009, under About
To make Surface applications more ‘real’ and fun - not to mention easier to write Dave Brown demonstrates the capabilities of his multitouch physics engine on a Surface device. Gravity, magnetism, fixed obstacles, real world obstacles placed on top of the Surface - all alter the way application objects react. V. Cool.
by admin on Jan.30, 2009, under Sports
Three Microsoft partners have worked together to provide a service for the Super Bowl that is like no other I’ve heard of before.
This is big-time stuff and it’s the only major sporting event that receives National Security status.
by admin on Jan.15, 2009, under Medical
Try HD! Eric Havir met with Tim Huckaby at InterKnowlogy to get a first hand look at VitraView.
VitraView is a medical application that lets doctors and patients review surgery, document procedures and store that information in Microsoft HealthVault.
This WPF application uses the unique properties of Microsoft Surface to do all of this in a very natural and intuitive manner.
by admin on Jan.07, 2009, under About
Microsoft Surface (Codename: Milan), is a multi-touch product from Microsoft which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of natural motions, hand gestures, or physical objects. It was announced on May 29, 2007 at D5 conference. Initial customers will be in the hospitality businesses, such as restaurants, hotels, retail, public entertainment venues and the military for tactical overviews. The preliminary launch was on April 17, 2008, when Surface became available for customer use in AT&T stores. The Surface is also being used in the CBS series CSI: MIAMI, where the crime lab uses it for investigation purposes, the MSNBC coverage of the 2008 US presidential election, Disneyland’s future home exhibits, and various hotels and casinos.
The Surface tabletop is acrylic, and its interior frame is powder-coated steel. The software platform runs on a custom version of Windows Vista and has wired Ethernet 10/100, wireless 802.11 b/g, and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. Surface applications are written using either Windows Presentation Foundation or Microsoft XNA technology
by admin on Jan.02, 2009, under About
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