http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/ Engadget Comments for Screen Grabs: Microsoft Surface plots out the election on MSNBC http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 10th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Dollar signs come before the number, cent signs after.]]>Sep 9th 2008 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/
I couldn't tell you the difference between the SNP or the Lib Dems, but the graphics they used were reason enough to watch. ]]>Sep 9th 2008 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/
Here's a tip - see the S in SNP? That stands for Scottish. Can you work out the rest for yourself? :P]]>Sep 9th 2008 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 10th 2008 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/
Can any of those people standing there fix the aspect ratio on the monitor? It' driving me nuts.]]>Sep 9th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/
I'm not naming names here because I'm not about to get my friends over there in trouble.]]>Sep 9th 2008 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/
The total number of viewers now is into the dozens! ]]>Sep 9th 2008 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Sep 9th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/
That fault aside, I was not at all impressed with the Surface when I saw Chuck Todd using it last night.
It seemed so unnatural for him to be looking down on it. John King's touch screen on CNN seems light years ahead.

The point of the surface is that it can recognize objects being placed upon it. Which doesn't seem useful for what they're using it for...an electoral map. If you don't have that, then it's just a bulky big ass table touch screen.
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Developers interested in Surface it looks like it will be an SDK on top of WPF (windows presentation foundation) so it should be very easy to get into. Great little video of the SDK here:

http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2008/09/09/sufrace-sdk-and-xaml-msnbc.aspx

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What makes even more sense? Having somebody offscreen controlling the computer and having the announcer dealing with the story. They aren't supposed to be magicians, they are supposed to be reporters.]]>Sep 9th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/
MSNBC = Left
FAUX = Right
CNN = Middle]]>Sep 10th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/screen-grabs-microsoft-surface-plots-out-the-election-on-msnbc/Oct 30th 2008 11:34AM