The beauty of the Microsoft Surface is that it not only displays things, it can "see" things. Place a specially tagged object on the table and Surface knows what it is. Throw a family photo on there and Surface can scan it.
The downside? Microsoft Surface is a huge, "Mrs. Pac-Man"-like table that costs $10,000.
Bill Buxton, an influential principal researcher for Microsoft, thinks Surface technology will be available in an affordable device "no thicker than a sheet of glass" -- within three years.
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