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windowsteamblog.com - 4/4/2009

Windows on Netbook PCs: A Year in Review

— windowsteamblog.com — It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since we first started to see netbook PCs running... Windows come to market. Little did we know that these devices would evolve so much in such a short time. A year ago, they were Internet-centric devices defined ... (more) Windows on Netbook PCs: A Year in Review

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Maximum PC Builds a Surface-like Multitouch PC for $350 [Multitouch]

— i.gizmodo.com — Maximum PC didn't like the idea of paying $12,000 for a Microsoft Surface . So what did... they do? They made their own multitouch table PC for less than a third of that price. Utilizing an array of infrared LEDs around the table, the guts of a PS3 ... (more) Maximum PC Builds a Surface-like Multitouch PC for $350 ...

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Maximum PC Builds a Surface-like Multitouch PC for $350 [Multitouch]
Gizmodo — Maximum PC didn't like the idea of paying $12,000 for a Microsoft Surface. So what did they do? They made their own multitouch table PC for less than a third of that price. Utilizing an array of infrared LEDs around the table, the guts of a PS3 Eye camera, a projector and some acrylic for the multitouch setup—along with a homemade wood cabinet and an old PC they had lying around (Core 2 Duo, 2 gigabytes RAM)—they fashioned together a multitouch beast for $350 that more or less mimics the surface experience. The video runs through some of the demos available, which includes an ambient ...

Maximum PC Scoffs At Microsoft’s $12,000 Surface Table PC
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews — As many of you are aware, Microsoft has been manufacturing a PC that is the size of a table. Currently it is being used at several casinos and has multitouch capabilities. However the price tag of the Microsoft Surface is $12,000. Maximum PC did not like the idea of spending that much so they put together a table PC of their own. Maximum PC used LEDs, a PS3 Eye camera, a projector, and acrylic to build this set-up. They also used a wood cabinet and an old PC that they had lying around. Total cost: $350. The whole project took about 2 weeks. Check out the video demo below: [via ...

DIY Multitouch Surface Computer
D' Technology Weblog — This post dicsuss the art of building DIY multi-touch surfaces. The process isn’t exactly simple, but the results we saw were stunning: multitouch surfaces with responsiveness rivaling Microsoft’s $12,000 offering, built in a garage on a shoestring budget. There are several different ways to make a multi-touch surface, but we’ll focus on the one that we employed: the FTIR screen. An FTIR (short for Frustrated Total Internal Reflection) setup involves three vital components: a sheet of transparent acrylic, a chain of infrared LEDs, and a camera with an IR filter. The LEDs are arranged around the outside of the sheet of acrylic so ...

DIY Microsoft Surface clone you can make on the cheap
Crave: The gadget blog — You could wait for Microsoft's Surface computing device to drop in price so you can put one in your living room. Or you could build your own, like the guys at Maximum PC did. Even more, they documented the whole process step by step so you can build your ...

Build your own multitouch Surface-like computer
MAKE Magazine — The folks at Maximum PC made their own multitouch Surface system: It all started while we were researching an article on future user interfaces. Touch interfaces are hardly futuristic at this point, but multi-touch hardware like the Microsoft Surface or the iPhone is just starting to become a big deal, and we decided to see what big things are going on in that field. What we found that surprised us the most wasn't anything about the future of multitouch; it was about something that people are doing right now. There is, it turns out, a whole community of very smart folks out there on the ...