re: Microsoft Surface - Could this make communication easier?

Susanne — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:41:13 GMT

Here are my ideas:

Use it to as a strategy table for senior military personnel when planning missions.

Use the table to take patient x-rays and records so that doctors and surgeons can prep for operations and run through simulated surgical procedures to predict outcomes.

Similar to the demo on the Surface website. You could go to a restaurant, login to the table so that it pulls up a record of your allergies or your diet plan so that the restaurant menu only shows you what you can eat. It's a real pain for people I know to sit there disecting the menu usually and it would be a real USP.

Use as a Tourist Information board to plan routes, find local venues where you can make bookings. You can pull up your account settings so that the 'table' can predict where you would like to go.

Engage with those who have disabilities that have prevented them using existing technology. Using pictures, users can select words and pictures to converse with others and work productively.

Why not use the table just to log on (OWA meets XP Embedded style?) so that you can sit in your local coffee house without a PC and work away. The table can also work in favour of the coffee house so that when you place your drink on the table it works out what you've drunk/eaten and stores it for the next time you log in.

Or... just use it as an overgrown Space Invaders/ Pong game like we used to in the 80's. Expensive technology for the simple things! Think of the fun! :)

re: Microsoft Surface - Could this make communication easier?

alasdairford — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:03:28 GMT

yeah and remember the state of that invaders table after a few short weeks in the Pub - blimey.

it's a great demo but I think there's a whole heap of questions to ask about realworld 1.0 usage