Surface computing is the use of a specialized computer GUI in which traditional GUI elements are replaced by intuitive, everyday objects. Instead of a keyboard and mouse, the user interacts directly with a touch-sensitive screen. It has been said that this more closely replicates the familiar hands-on experience of everyday object manipulation.
Early work in this area was done at the University of Toronto, Alias Research, and MIT.Surface work has included customized solutions from vendors such as LM3LABS or GestureTek, Applied Minds for Northrop Grumman.Major computer vendor platforms are in various stages of release: the iTable by PQLabs, Linux MPX,the Ideum MT-50, interactive bar by spinTOUCH, and Microsoft PixelSense (formerly known as Microsoft Surface).
Surface computing is the use of a specialized computer GUI in which traditional GUI elements are replaced by intuitive, everyday objects. Instead of a keyboard and mouse, the user interacts directly with a touch-sensitive screen. It has been said that this more closely replicates the familiar hands-on experience of everyday object manipulation.
Early work in this area was done at the University of Toronto, Alias Research, and MIT.Surface work has included customized solutions from vendors such as LM3LABS or GestureTek, Applied Minds for Northrop Grumman.Major computer vendor platforms are in various stages of release: the iTable by PQLabs, Linux MPX,the Ideum MT-50, interactive bar by spinTOUCH, and Microsoft PixelSense (formerly known as Microsoft Surface).
Microsoft Surface represents a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content. With Surface, we can actually grab data with our hands, and move information between objects with natural gestures and touch. All without using a mouse or a keyboard.”
Microsoft Surface represents a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content. With Surface, we can actually grab data with our hands, and move information between objects with natural gestures and touch. All without using a mouse or a keyboard.”Surface takes existing technology and presents it in a new way. It isn\'t simply a touch screen, but more of a touch-grab-move-slide-resize-and-place-objects-on-top-of-screen, and this opens up new possibilities that weren\'t there before.
The way we use computers today will soon change. The technology of the future will allow us to interact with the computer on a whole different level from what we are used to. The tools we use to communicate with the computer - such as the mouse and the keyboard, will slowly disappear and be replaced with tools more comfortable and more natural for the human being to use. That future is already here. The increase rate of how touch screen hardware and applications are used is growing rapidly and will break new grounds in years to come. This new technology requires new ways of detecting inputs from the user-inputs which will be made out of on-screen gestures rather than by the pressing of buttons or rolling mouse wheels.
The name Surface comes from "surface computing”. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world. Multi-touch technology is an advanced human-computer interaction technique that recognizes multiple touch points and also includes the hardware devices that implement it.
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The name Surface comes from Surface Computing, and Microsoft envisions the coffee-table machine as the first of many such devices. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world — an idea the Milan team refers to as "blended reality." The table can be built with a variety of wireless transceivers, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and (eventually) radio frequency identification (RFID) and is designed to sync instantly with any device that touches its surface.
It supports multiple touch points – Microsoft says "dozens and dozens" -- as well as multiple users simultaneously, so more than one person could be using it at once, or one person could be doing multiple tasks.
The term "surface" describes how it's used. There is no keyboard or mouse. All interactions with the computer are done via touching the surface of the computer's screen with hands or brushes, or via wireless interaction with devices such as smartphones, digital cameras or Microsoft's Zune music player. Because of the cameras, the device can also recognize physical objects; for instance credit cards or hotel "Loyalty" cards.
For instance, a user could set a digital camera down on the tabletop and wirelessly transfer pictures into folders on Surface's hard drive. Or setting a music player down would let a user drag songs from his or her home music collection directly into the player, or between two players, using a finger – or transfer mapping information for the location of a restaurant where you just made reservations through a Surface tabletop over to a smartphone just before you walk out the door.
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Microsoft Surface represents a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content. With Surface, we can actually grab data with our hands, and move information between objects with natural gestures and touch. All without using a mouse or a keyboard.”
Microsoft Surface represents a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content. With Surface, we can actually grab data with our hands, and move information between objects with natural gestures and touch. All without using a mouse or a keyboard.”Surface takes existing technology and presents it in a new way. It isn\'t simply a touch screen, but more of a touch-grab-move-slide-resize-and-place-objects-on-top-of-screen, and this opens up new possibilities that weren\'t there before.
The way we use computers today will soon change. The technology of the future will allow us to interact with the computer on a whole different level from what we are used to. The tools we use to communicate with the computer - such as the mouse and the keyboard, will slowly disappear and be replaced with tools more comfortable and more natural for the human being to use. That future is already here. The increase rate of how touch screen hardware and applications are used is growing rapidly and will break new grounds in years to come. This new technology requires new ways of detecting inputs from the user-inputs which will be made out of on-screen gestures rather than by the pressing of buttons or rolling mouse wheels.
The name Surface comes from "surface computing”. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world. Multi-touch technology is an advanced human-computer interaction technique that recognizes multiple touch points and also includes the hardware devices that implement it.
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The name Surface comes from Surface Computing, and Microsoft envisions the coffee-table machine as the first of many such devices. Surface computing uses a blend of wireless protocols, special machine-readable tags and shape recognition to seamlessly merge the real and the virtual world — an idea the Milan team refers to as "blended reality." The table can be built with a variety of wireless transceivers, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and (eventually) radio frequency identification (RFID) and is designed to sync instantly with any device that touches its surface.
It supports multiple touch points – Microsoft says "dozens and dozens" -- as well as multiple users simultaneously, so more than one person could be using it at once, or one person could be doing multiple tasks.
The term "surface" describes how it's used. There is no keyboard or mouse. All interactions with the computer are done via touching the surface of the computer's screen with hands or brushes, or via wireless interaction with devices such as smartphones, digital cameras or Microsoft's Zune music player. Because of the cameras, the device can also recognize physical objects; for instance credit cards or hotel "Loyalty" cards.
For instance, a user could set a digital camera down on the tabletop and wirelessly transfer pictures into folders on Surface's hard drive. Or setting a music player down would let a user drag songs from his or her home music collection directly into the player, or between two players, using a finger – or transfer mapping information for the location of a restaurant where you just made reservations through a Surface tabletop over to a smartphone just before you walk out the door.
Stunner IT Solution Pvt. Ltd. start 2 months training on Android and iPhone. Interested candidate can call me on this number 8130836123, or mail me enquiry@stunneritsolution.com.
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Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
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1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
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The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
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Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
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Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
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Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
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- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
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All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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Microsoft Surface
1. PUNJAB COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL
EDUCATION
REPORT ON ‘MICROSOFT SURFACE’
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
PROF. AMANDEEP SINGH NEHASHARMA
FACULTY PCTE TAFADZWA GONERA
2. Contents:
Introduction to Microsoft Surface
Specifications
Features
Uses or applications
3. INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT SURFACE:
Microsoft Surface (codename Milan) is a multi-touch product from Microsoft
which is developed as software and hardware combination technology that allows a
user, or multiple users, to manipulate digital content by the use of gesture
recognition. This could involve the motion of hands or physical objects. It was
announced on May 29, 2007 at D5 conference.
Developer(s): Microsoft
Initial release: April 17[1] 2008
Stable release: Surface 2.0 / 2011
Development status: Commercial applications
Operating system: Surface: Windows Vista, Surface 2.0: Windows 7
Available in: English
Microsoft Surface is a surface computing platform that responds to natural hand
gestures and real world objects. It has a 360-degree user interface, a 30 in (76 cm)
reflective surface with a XGA DLP projector underneath the surface which
projects an image onto its underside, while five cameras in the machine's housing
record reflections of infrared light from objects and human fingertips on the
surface.A commercial Microsoft Surface unit is $12,500 (unit only), whereas a
developer Microsoft Surface unit costs $15,000 and includes a developer unit, five
seats and support.
4. SPECIFICATIONS:
SURFACE:
Surface is a 30-inch (76 cm) display in a table-like form factor, 22 inches (56 cm)
high, 21 inches (53 cm) deep, and 42 inches (107 cm) wide. The Surface tabletop
is acrylic, and its interior frame is powder-coated steel. The software platform runs
on a custom version of Windows Vista and has wired Ethernet 10/100, wireless
802.11 b/g, and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity Surface applications are written using
either Windows Presentation Foundation or Microsoft XNA technology
At Microsoft's MSDN Conference, Bill Gates told developers of "Maximum" setup
the Microsoft Surface was going to have:
Intel Core Quad Xeon "Woodcrest" @ 2.66 GHz with a custom motherboard form
factor about the size of two ATX motherboards.
4GB DDR2-1066 RAM
1TB 7200RPM Hard Drive
The discontinued (as of 6 January 2011) commercially available version had the
following specifications:
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.13 GHz
2GB DDR2 RAM
250GB SATA Hard Drive
SURFACE 2.0
Samsung's "SUR4.0 with Microsoft Surface", a third-party production of Microsoft
Surface dubbed as "The Surface 2.0 Experience" has a 40 in (102 cm) 1080p LCD
HD screen, 2.9GHz AMD Athlon II X2 processor, and Radeon HD 6700M.
Microsoft Surface is now wall-mountable and running off a new more polished,
refined, Windows 7 GUI (now including Windows Phone 7 support).
For this version Microsoft created a new technology called Pixel Sense. In this
technology the IR sensors are made part of LCD display, which allows the surface
of the table to sense, or “see,” what is on top of it without using a camera.
5. FEATURES:
Microsoft notes four main components being important in Surface's interface:
direct interaction, multi-touch contact, a multi-user experience, and object
recognition.
Direct interaction refers to the user's ability to simply reach out and touch the
interface of an application in order to interact with it, without the need for a mouse
or keyboard. Multi-touch contact refers to the ability to have multiple contact
points with an interface, unlike with a mouse, where there is only one cursor.
Multi-user is a benefit of multi-touch—several people can orient themselves on
different sides of the surface to interact with an application simultaneously. Object
recognition refers to the device's ability to recognize the presence and orientation
of tagged objects placed on top of it.
The technology allows non-digital objects to be used as input devices. In one
example, a normal paint brush was used to create a digital painting in the software
This is made possible by the fact that, in using cameras for input, the system does
not rely on restrictive properties required of conventional touch screen or touchpad
devices such as the capacitance, electrical resistance, or temperature of the tool
used (see Touch screen).
The computer's "vision" is created by a near-infrared, 850-nanometer-wavelength
LED light source aimed at the surface. When an object touches the tabletop, the
light is reflected to multiple infrared cameras with a net resolution of 1024 x 768,
allowing it to sense, and react to items touching the tabletop.
Surface will ship with basic applications, including photos, music, virtual
concierge, and games, that can be customized for the customers.
A unique feature that comes preinstalled with Surface is the pond effect "Attract"
application. Simply, it is a "picture" of water with leaves and rocks within it (a lot
like a screen saver used in Windows XP or Vista). By touching the screen, users
can create ripples in the water, much like a real stream. Additionally, the pressure
6. of touch alters the size of the ripple created, and objects placed into the water
create a barrier that ripples bounce off, just as they would in real life.
The surface is capable of object recognition, object/finger orientation recognition
and tracking, and is multi-touch and is multi-user. Users can interact with the
machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects such as paintbrushes
across the screen, or by placing and moving placed objects. This paradigm of
interaction with computers is known as a natural user interface (NUI).
Surface has been optimized to respond to 52 touches at a time. During a
demonstration with a reporter, Mark Bolger, the Surface Computing group's
marketing director, "dipped" his finger in an on-screen paint palette, then dragged
it across the screen to draw a smiley face. Then he used all 10 fingers at once to
give the face a full head of hair.
Using the specially-designed barcode-style "Surface tags" on objects, Microsoft
Surface can offer a variety of features, for example automatically offering
additional wine choices tailored to the dinner being eaten based on the type of wine
set on the Surface, or in conjunction with a password, offering user authentication.
USES:
Targeted customers are in the hospitality businesses, such as restaurants, hotels,
retail, public entertainment venues and the military for tactical overviews Partner
companies use the Surface in their hotels, restaurants, and retail stores. The Surface
is used to choose meals at restaurants, plan vacations and spots to visit from the
7. hotel room. Starwood Hotels plan to allow users to drop a credit card on the table
to pay for music, books, and other amenities offered at the resort. In AT&T stores,
use of the Surface include interactive presentations of plans, coverage, and phone
features, in addition to dropping two different phones on the table and having the
customer be able to view and compare prices, features, and plans. MSNBC's
coverage of the 2008 US presidential election used Surface to share with viewers
information and analysis of the race leading up to the election. The anchor
analyzes polling and election results, views trends and demographic information
and explores county maps to determine voting patterns and predict outcomes, all
with the flick of his finger. In some hotels and casinos, users can do a range of
things, such as watch videos, view maps, order drinks, play games, and chat and
flirt with people between Surface tables. AT&T became the first retailer to use
Surface to help their customers purchase phones. Customers could place the
phones on the Surface and receive full phone specs, as well as pricing.[7] It has
also been used in a wide variety of locations which include hotel lobbies, such as
Sheraton Hotels,[8] as well as venues which included Super Bowl XLIII to help
police organize and monitor the event in great detail.