The touch-screen grows up before our eyes

Remember when you thought your first Palm Pilot was the coolest device ever? Touch-screens have evolved light-years since then.

Microsoft's Surface



Microsoft's Surface computer is big enough for several people to use simultaneously. Cameras embedded inside Surface, which runs on Windows Vista, sense user input in the form of touch and gestures (finger movements across the screen) and can capture the information needed to identify objects laid on it.

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