Mobile Surface, Translating Telephone among techs to be demoed by Microsoft
Microsoft Research this week will show off its latest creations, which include a Mobile Surface that lets you turn any tabletop surface into a computing input device and a telephone that lets you translate conversations between people speaking different languages. Microsoft Research is blogging the event here.
The TechFlash blog in Seattle was given a sneak preview of some of the Microsoft Research work and it posted these videos to YouTube:
On a related note to the Mobile Surface effort, Microsoft has also joined forces with Carnegie Mellon University on a bio-acoustic sensing technology called Skinput that enables you to use your body as an input device.
