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Author: ocp on May 30 2007 Viewed 2324 times. 4 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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microsoft launches multitouch surface computing; the initial plans for the device are commercial ($5,000-$10,000) tables not intended for home users. "People will see it in public spaces like bars and restaurants and want to expand it into other environments."
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bsr
read the 'origins' bit of the site, apparantly they developed this in isolation for years and managed to come up with a carbon copy of: link - the cynic in me says they put together a group to copy jeff hans work in a couple of months and then invented a fake history.
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Fredo
sounds to me like a BIG slap to the environment. Now walls, tables and other normally unelectrified surfaces will be sapping up energy. I truly think this is a very bad thing. The interface is cool - looks to me like what Jeff Hans has developed and what will be used in the iPhone too. And I could see this being really powerful for use on a computer screen... but you know that advertizers are going to jump into this full fledged and convert every surface they can into an interactive advertisement that eats energy. ugh.
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ocp
it won't be that different from the pinball/slot machine or jukebox in the corner when it comes to power consumption. neon lights and light pannels are power hungry too! here's something that might give us a little hope: Video
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bsr
haha, hadn't really thought of the environmental impact... breathing produces co2, maybe we should all kill ourselves?
seriously though, microsoft labs do some good really good work, the products are/will be crippled by the time they come to market as msoft is run by committee, unfinished code is released because the suits force the developers to release whether stuff is ready or not. if they'd been working on this so long surely it'd have been in the microsoft labs site?
maybe the prototypes shown are legit, some old abandoned work, but the photos were dug out due to hans work and the old shots serve as legitisising not having to tip their hat to anyone else.
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Fredo
but you see they want to computerize the surface of household product too, like refrigerators and kitchen cabinets.
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bsr
they're out to get us all!
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Fredo
but you see they want to computerize the surface of household product too, like refrigerators and kitchen cabinets. And to cut costs at the airport or hotels, can't you see them making big long tables that due (using more electricity) what paid employees would normally do manually? Again, especially considering that this is new real estate for advertisers, I think this is a really bad thing.
are you being sarcastic, bsr?
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bsr
very. it's not a case of 'they', it's just applying new technology, progress is inevitable whoever does it. low heat/low power plastic displays are already in the works. i found the comment a bit off target, it's an exciting new technology - it's a little early for environmental complaints.
in terms of technology stealing jobs - one good line from irobot was 'and i suppose you'd ban the internet when the libraries started closing?'
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I didn't say "they", and I don't appreciate your characterization of my comment as paranoid. The minute I saw the video posted on some microsoft link talking about how more and more surfaces would be computerized for added functionality I thought that something is going to have to power all those new surfaces. It's not just the screen but the ccomputer behind the screen, no? I'm similarly distressed by more and more flashy bus stop surfaces and advertisements everywhere. I did acknowledge that the technology was interesting and that it would be really good for computer users. I was just commenting, again, on one of the aspects that is being sold... that more and more surfaces will be computerized. I didn't bring up the part about employees to say that their jobs would be stolen, just that human energy could be used. Human energy is renewable.
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bsr
cheer up dude.
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Fredo
wake up dude.
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Fredo
;)
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Please excuse my seriousness, bsr. It's just that I feel things are going to start to get really hairy environmentally. What I'm basing this on is hearing about the doomsday clock, a group of nobel laureates who feel that within 30 - 40 years large portions of coastal regions of the world will be under water. Also my singing teacher told me that the government sent warnings to home owners stating that within 5 years a hurricane of Katrina size is expected to hit NYC and redefine the shape of our little island where so many of my friends and families live. So I take it as my duty to speak my mind when something strikes me as possibly adding to the negative impact on the environment. Yes, it's cool, this technology. But hopefully enough pressure can be put on companies who adopt it in the marketplace to use it responsibly.
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sorry what? is every fucking thread going to turn into a pissing contest over who's more green ffs? give me a break.
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Squeal
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