When you think about Microsoft Surface, there are lots of new and breakthrough technologies. However, there are also concepts that have been around for a while now. Here’s a list of what’s new and what’s old.
Old: Touchscreens have actually been around for a long time, in fact the first touchscreen was patented in 1971. It’s been made more common lately in thing’s like cell phone’s.
New: Microsoft Surface extends touch to multi-touch capabilities with up to 52 input points! The Macbook Air is a way behind second with a mere 4 input points. With so many input points it allow for more people to use the table, or to do things like finger paint.
Old: Normal touch monitors use a touch sensor and controller with a monitor and processor. They work by sending electrical signal’s to the controller, which change when touched.
New: Microsoft Surface uses cameras built underneath the table rather than a touch sensor. The cameras point LED lights at the screen, noticing when objects touch through the reflected light (like bats using sonar). This allows for the cameras to recognize other items and objects besides fingers.
Old: The wifi and bluetooth capabilities built into surface are nothing new, however the way it is utilized is new.
New: Microsoft Surface has wifi and Bluetooth built in, so when objects such as cell phone’s, zune’s, and digital camera’s are set on the table, it connects instantly allowing for communication such as sharing photos or downloading new music.
Old: Connecting handheld devices to our computers to transfer data. We do it all the time with cell phone’s, camera’s, music players, or just flash drives.
New: Microsoft Surface’s LED light camera’s recognize these sort of objects through reading dot’s on “domino” tag’s attached to them. Put this together with wifi/bluetooth and all you’ve got to do when you want to sync your zune, is set it on the table. This gets rid of any USB cords.
All in all, Microsoft Surface advances many technology concepts to make your computing experience a lot more enjoyable, easier, and less of a hassle.
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