Microsoft Surface Computing - Paradigm shifts!

Microsoft's been working hard on a project called Milan. In short, it is a multi touch sensitive computer. The possibilities are nerve wrecking. Expected to cost anywhere from $5,000 and $10,000. Microsoft plans to sell these units to Corporate customers towards the end of 2007. This is some of the things that Bill gates talks about in his books "The Road Ahead" and "Business at the speed of thought" where he predicts the future where we'll use digital news papers and that sort. He also mentioned about future of advertising, he wasn't talking about google adsense, but paradigm shifts. The ability to point something on the screen while watching a movie and finding more about it like the brand of the shoe or clothing, etc. Its already possible to find out about the location where a movie was shot etc in HD-DVDs.



And here's a Microsoft Surface teaser video.



Check the possibilities at http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

Gizmodo has more details here.

Microsoft Surface on Wikipedia.

Most of these are possibilities and may take a few years to develop depending on consumer feedback.