The future is now!
- Posted by Tengku Zahasman on June 1st, 2007 filed in Thoughts, Technology
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Five years go, not so many people realize how much Ajax is going to influence the Web development industry as we see it today. In fact at one point I thought Javascript was going to die. Before Flash was invented, many people think the Web is a boring, dull world full of text pages and non-interactive static images. But things have changed drastically since then. If people who used to socialize using the Internet were once regarded as computer freaks, today they are called the “new age” people. Calvin Klein calls it “technosexual“. Thanks to the emergence of these two powerful Web technologies, the Web has become more alive and socially friendly even to the non-tech-savvy community. 
Now imagine if in the near future, people will start developing Web applications using a new technology where users can manipulate stuffs in the webpage by using their fingers on a multi-touch screen monitor. Not only that, users can also upload/download files, images and videos from/to our thumbdrives or mobile gadgets by just placing them on the screen. Had you watched the movie Minority Report, you’ll know how cool this application is if it becomes a reality. Look no further, the future is nowhere but today. I say this after watching a cool video about a new product announced by Microsoft yesterday which is known as Microsoft Surface. Check out this video to see it in action:
While the technology of a multi-touch screen has already been invented years ago, it has never been designed to be as socially fancy as this 30-inch screen “coffee table” hardware. Looks like Microsoft is bringing this to mainstream. This new technology may not seem to be directly related to the Web application industry - or at least not yet - but I bet this innovation is gonna bring a huge impact on how we write Web applications in a few years to come. Imagine how many interesting things we can do when this technology is implemented on the Web. Be prepared for the next shift 
Credits to TechCrunch and Smart-Machines
Tags: microsoft surface web technologies
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June 1st, 2007 at 9:09 am
Cool device!! Interesting!!!
June 2nd, 2007 at 1:53 am
just wondering, what MAC would come up with to compete with Microsoft Surface
June 2nd, 2007 at 1:59 am
Apple still boasting with their newly released iPhones… which also has this multi-touch screen technology
June 2nd, 2007 at 5:35 pm
That touch screen is an incrediable slick device. Yea, the iPhone also has it, I can’t wait to see this technology integrated into monitors. Too many its so expensive at the moment.
August 9th, 2007 at 4:53 am
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June 16th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
[…] Why iPhone? Well first of all, we all already know how cool the iPhone’s dual-touch technology works. The ability to enlarge pictures by stretching apart your two fingers on the screen, moving things around here and there, zooming in and out, flipping pages and stuffs, all by using the gestures of your fingers on the screen… plus the iPhone’s ability of knowing whether you’re holding the phone vertically or horizontally… these things has never failed to awe anyone who’s new to it. It is just unbelievably advanced and “intelligent” - and soooo cool…. again - that you’ll feel like you got hold of a device from the future. That’s right folks, The Future is Now. […]