Microsoft surface

Summary
Microsoft Surface is a the first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft which is developed as a software and hardware combination technology that allows a user, or multiple users, to ma***ulate digital content by the use of natural motions, hand gestures, or physical objects. Surface has been optimized to respond to 52 touches at a time
Surface computing is a new way of working with computers that moves beyond the traditional mouse-and-keyboard experience. It is a natural user interface that allows people to interact with digital content the same way they have interacted with everyday items such as photos, paintbrushes and music their entire life: with their hands, with gestures and by putting real-world objects on the surface.

source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface

Microsoft surface news

Microsoft Surface: consumer version in 2011?
http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/03/26/microsoft-surface-consumer-version-in-2011/

AT&T First to Introduce Microsoft Surface
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/apr08/04-01SurfaceRetailPR.mspx

Harrah’s Entertainment Launches Microsoft Surface at Rio iBar
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jun08/06-11HETSurfacePR.mspx