Surface Display- physically interact with digital content

Surface a 30 inch table top display is a new Microsoft product that provides interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects (for example you place your camera on the display and it wirelessly downloads your pictures!). I have posted before on multi-touch surfaces and many folks have been working on this technology for a while. More from Microsoft on their Surface site take a look at the Orgins section. Below is a video from WSJ.com of Bill Gates doing a demonstration of the features:



Back in January i was making dinner and watching Bill Gates CES keynote speech in which he demoed a kitchen environment that had touch features-basically a countertop that you can stream recipes and other type of information, like the size of the dough ball you should roll. I really wanted one then and i really really want one now: