Power of Internet for Learning

Microsoft surface technology was so fascinating to read about. It is exciting just thinking about that kind of technology being something we use everyday like the internet. Ever since I watched minority report, I have dreamed about such technology becoming available in reality. I’m really not making that up! So for me to actually see Microsoft developing something that is rather similar is really exhilarating.

I have read that that Microsoft Surface can detect up to 52 touches at a time, which means everybody at the table at a restaurant can be ordering their food at the same time, or an entire family can be looking through catalogs at boutiques simultaneously. I imagine that in the next five or ten years, Microsoft technology will be used in every shop, or at least every café, bar and restaurant . It will revolutionize the way we order, pay for and even customize our purchases. A unit, they say, would cost approximately US$ 12,500, which I believe will drop dramatically once it becomes a commodity in stores and malls around the globe.

To end off, I would like to offer an analogy for this newfound technology. For some strange reason, while reading about this intriguing technology, I likened it in my mind to Neil Armstrong walking on the moon in 1969. At the time, it was only a dream. A figment of imagination. But it was made real. Microsoft Surface, to me, is exactly like that. It was a fantasy that is now a reality.