oldtimer

SURFACING.MOBI , the new trend in surfing the net.

If the newly released “ surface “ picks up do you think that it might also apply to mobile devices.

circa1850

Long long long way off but anything is possible. I saw the vid and was quite amazed, and I forgot I had seen this quite sometime ago.

Considering .mobi is for "mobile" internet, could technology like this be 5, 10, 15 years away? Or even sooner. Consider having a full web site on your screen, you grab and expand the part that you want to view. Scroll, view, enlarge, scroll, view, enlarge...all at the touch of a finger (or two).
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If people want to continue to use cellular phones (they will) then will this be the phone, pda, laptop of the future, per se?

If this will do all it is slated to be, then this, to me, blows the argument for larger devices out of the water. There will be no need for anything larger than what we currently see in a phone or pda size to run and use a "full size" computer. If you can grab, expand, and put in a virtual keyboard and make things any size necessary to be user friendly, that is some powerful mojo!

All techology will evolve. I think the iphone will be a tremendous innovation (touch screen) that others will copy. Will this ultimately replace all of what we know about computing and how we use the computer? Possibly...won't the years to come be exciting.

-REECE-

I feel the same way about this -- saw it on PC World and was somewhat amazed. Although when they start talking about multiple projectors and 3ghz cpus, all that comes to my head is
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At this point in time, I highly doubt such a device could be built for <10k, something which would obviously limit potential buyers. It will be VERY interesting to see what materializes over the next decade from this...

oldtimer

In my opinion “ surface “ might become very popular in the games and gaming areas as several people can participate at the same time in those activities, perhaps in the next few years “ surfacing” might become as common of a word as “ googling “ . The question is whether this new trend will also apply to mobile devices.

circa1850

As you perhaps saw from the imaging, this has (as mentioned previously) tremendous applications for the military and medical arena and perhaps that is where it will be tested. We have 3d imaging capability now in the medical field with the latest techology that will actually give a 3D picture complete with color of organs like the heart and brain. We can rotate and turn etc with the aid of a pointer or cursor. Great aide and tool for surgeons.

But take that one step further. Instead of light boards in the OR with hundreds of xray or images hanging, one flat panel screen, a team of surgeons crowded around to grab the image, blowing it up, rotating, viewing top and bottom, individual blood vessels and chambers and the surgeon will know exactly what needs to be done even before the surgery commences. Virtual surgery with positive outcomes. Powerful mojo.
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OH YEAH, it will be expensive. The "first of" or "prototypes" are always the costliest. But get more to the market, get GE, Siemens, Phillips, GAF, and all the major medical device manufactures on board with this and incorporate it into existing technology...free enterprise and the prices start dropping and dropping. But this is such a positive step. We already have MRI's that give 3d imagery and has been a great help. But take that same imagery and combine it with this technology and applications for use?

Whoa!

In time and on a smaller scale...yes. Beyond a doubt. Does that diminish the value of .mobi? Beyond a doubt...no. You will still carry a "mobile" device. I would be more concerned about laptaps becoming "extinct" (years and years down the road) as a device the size of a current PDA will become all the computer you need. Look at that video and tell me why you would need anything larger (other than comfort) when it can do everything it is showing it is capable of doing. Take this and add voice enabling technology, and there you have the future...a truly portable, mobile, do all everything device...on a .mobi site.
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All is speculation...10-20 years perhaps. But things move rapidly these days. Look for Apple and Jobs to push a precursor to market (you know they will, you know they already have prototypes in house in R&D) perhaps even sooner to follow up on the raging success of the iPHONE.

oldtimer

I believe that Dot Mobi will forget all the present restrictions and will become a gateway for mobile internet sometime in the future specially once the mobile phones and devices become more advanced and merge into one handy device that can do everything . So I believe that “ surfacing” actually complements .mobi in the long run. IMO

circa1850

Click on the Today show clip of Bill Gates introducing this plus the further enhancements and tell me this is incredible and so cool.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18928656/

movingconcierge

So funny...I had this in my cart this morning after the today show

scandiman

I would have sworn I saw this stuff quite a while ago.

Broker

The iphone does all that "surface" stuff. Pinch to zoom, flip through photos etc. I dont see the big deal really.

As for the domain, imho worth what you paid for it.

circa1850

You did. A guy from NYU. I will see if I can find the original clip.
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DOH: Here it is. 2006 vintage. Jeff Han a leading force behind this.

http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/index.html

January 2006. Damn nice music to boot!

http://www.perceptivepixel.com/

scandiman

Yea, that's the stuff I saw, thanks. That has got to be some expensive hardware but like anything, the price will drop.

oldtimer

This new “ surface “ is a little more advanced as it is supposedly able to recognize certain objects that are placed on it and it can detect certain hand commands.

movingconcierge

yeah...you can set down a credit card on it at a restaurant (the first application of Surface) and then push line item charges, including portioning the tip, to each card on the table. The demo was very cool. I could have done without the lameass reporter though.

S-L-O-W

I think the concept is one generation ahead of it's time and therefor will fail... won't be the first time. Hence the .mobi version--- reg fee for another 20.

oldtimer

Everyone is rushing to reg “ surface “ domains , I hope they don’t get carried away like they did with some of the other newly released stuff.

S-L-O-W

haha... Like the almighty Zune heard rumors of this a about 2 weeks ago... avoided it totally

oldtimer

The technology of “ surface “ is quite amazing, as to how popular it is going to be we have to wait and see. They said that It was going to be tested in certain public places first before it was mass produced.

S-L-O-W

The usual places like San Fran and selected part of L.A and maybe Holywood for publicity. But unfortunately it is one generation too early. I think it s a great idea and would love it... but it's not a viable enough idea given current market demands to make it a suitable product for mass production. They whould have to stretch themselves out to various marketing medium and channels to makes this a viable technology.

movingconcierge

I disagree. This could be very easily made as a strictly enterprise product and then transitioned to retail consumers later. I think that is the same way many products make it to Frys. They go through the military or other heavy industrial use first, make their R&D back, then go to the mainstream market.

-REECE-

I did the same thing with antioxidants -- rather than wait until discoveries are made for certain antioxidants, I chose to just register pretty much every single antioxidant I knew of which wasn't already registered. The idea being that "the next resveratrol" is worth 20-30 beta-carotenes.
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I view this the same way -- if you factor in how much money names relevant to this software could be worth if this really takes off, it somewhat negates the costs of holding a few relevant names for several years in the long run, assuming you "jump in" and reg names on all new technologies.

oldtimer

A few first tier descriptive domains directly related to a new technology are probably worth regging and hanging on to, but once you get in to second and third tier domains it amounts to very low return even if those new technologies become very popular. IMO

Broker

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

dag

= Surface.com

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scandiman

Interestingly surface.mobi is an mtld premium, I wonder if MS had anything to do with that.