Surface

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.

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.

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

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