Billy Gates was on the Today Show this morning showing off his fancy new table. Want to see it in action rather than just in photos? Check the video for all sorts of goodness of it being used for all sorts of applications, such as playing with photos, wirelessly pulling photos off a camera, and ordering and paying for food using credit cards.
ok, so this thing is just bad-ass. even though i have a well-known bias against anything microsoft (everyone who works for them should go jump off a building– go on, do it right now. i’ll wait), THIS THING IS THE SHIZ. sure, it’s been seen in a few different forms over the years, namely at TED (sorrry i don’t have the link– go search youtube on your own), but nothing quite like this (link goes to m$’s site). It’s simply the shiz.
their initial proposed market is retail, such as hotels and restaurants. these things will go for $5k – $10k, and do everything you always wished wi-fi enable things would do. for a good summary of functionality, follow one of the link above, or go to the digg article (link below) and follow the link to the video on the today show.
apparently, there’s going to be a live demo at the new york sheridan hotel on 11th street on june 9th. although they haaven’t announced a time yet, it’ll eventually be posted on their site (linked above). yeah, i’ll be there. as soon as i swallow my pride. perhaps i should show up in an apple t-shirt…
