Free DIY Microsoft Surface

Microsoft Surface is the company's brand new initiative to make touchscreen computer-tables possible. Microsoft recently had a press conference to announce this product for the future. You may remember reading about this in our newsletter. The major downside is, hands-down, the price. Each 'Surface' will cost upwards of $10,000. Who can pay for that? Linux to the rescue!

Linux is in the process of developing a free version of a similar product. The software will be free, anyway. You only need a normal computer plus any number of keyboards and mice attached to use it. The system lets multiple users to interact with one or various applications simultaneously. The software is still in development and there are a ton of bugs to fix according to Gizmodo.com. However, it will give you a good idea about what you will be able to do.

Things get a lot more interesting when you connect a MPX-enabled Linux system to a Mitsubishi Electric's DiamondTouch display table. Like Microsoft Surface, the DiamondTouch is also a "multi-user, debris-tolerant, touch-and-gesture-activated screen for supporting small group collaboration" surface. (with help from Gizmodo.com)

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