Light Blue Optics, a tiny technology company in Cambridge, England is developing a portable projector that can turn any flat surface into a touch screen and save our hands the hassle of holding anything.
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He trotted back out Windows Surface, a touch-screen PC inside a table that uses sophisticated cameras and software to synchronize with other gadgets.
As the name implies, it's all based around pressure: a light touch performs the usual commands, while squishing the thumb's wider surface area against the screen allows the equivalent of a multi-touch gesture, such as a pinch to zoom.
The Microsoft Surface, a horizontal touch-screen computer with neither keyboard nor mouse, will go on sale in November.
Sure, the Surface will have the nifty touch screen and cool web features.
Well Microsoft has an even bigger touch-screen computer, the table-sized Surface, and Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer is determined to make it work.
Surface--a highly responsive touch-screen computer the size and shape of a coffee table--is the latest attempt in the wireless industry to transform the way consumers shop for mobile devices.
In fact, Surface Pro will basically be a touch-screen version of an Ultrabook computer, the lightweight laptop form factor that Intel has been touting for the past year as a Macbook Air competitor.
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The screen with 7H surface hardness ensures high durability and touch accuracy, even in high traffic environments.
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And while that skinny little Touch keyboard for Microsoft Surface may be better than typing on a glass screen, it will be far from the gold standard for PC keyboards.
It is possible that some of the Chrome touch-screen devices would be tablets with attachable keyboards, similar to the Microsoft Surface tablet.
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