Science NUIverse - Microsoft Surface astronomy thing

[Hielor]

Just found this on Gizmodo...

Anyone got a spare $8500 laying around for a Surface?

 

[Donamy]

Orbiter on steroids.

 

[Pipcard]

Orbiter on steroids.

more like Celestia

 

[Hartmann]

Great potential as an stronomy observation tool or a Navigation MFD

 

[RisingFury]

 

[Ripley]

Cool!!
Those small plastic circles that the user lays down on the screen and "become interface", wow!

 

[Hielor]

Cool!!
Those small plastic circles that the user lays down on the screen and "become interface", wow!

That's one of the cool things about the Surface--and also the reason it's so large and expensive. It has cameras inside that can recognize objects placed on the screen.

 

[Messierhunter]

Cool!!
Those small plastic circles that the user lays down on the screen and "become interface", wow!

Somehow it reminded me of the talking rings from the George Pal version of the Time Machine movie. Very sci-fi looking and very cool.