Microsoft Outine

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Microsoft Surface Computing, ‘Milan Project’
Nick Capizzani

Purpose: To inform the audience about Microsoft surface computing.

Thesis: Today I will explain what the Milan project is, what it can do, how it works, and where it will be used

I. Introduction

A. Attention Getter How many of you guys have something that uses touch screen technology?
B. Thesis Today I will discuss how Microsoft has refined this technology.
C. Preview Specifically, I will go into the detail behind the Milan project and the features it offers.

Transition First, I will discuss explain what it is.

II. Body

A. General Information
1. This project has been in the works for the passed 5 years.
2. The whole unit is controlled entirely through touch; there's no mouse or keyboard.
3. It allows multiple users to touch the device simultaneously.
4. I believe this is going to change how we do things in the future.
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Transition Next, I will examine the features of the Milan.

B. What can it do
1. Users are able to draw, interact with media, and use another new technology called domino tagging, in which a real-life object on the computer's surface is identified and becomes an on-screen object that can be interacted with.
2. For instance, you can take a digital camera that's Wi-Fi enabled, put it down on the tabletop, and the machine recognizes it and downloads the photos. Then, you can interact with them much like actual physical photos—you can pass them around the table, shuffle them into piles to sort them, pull on the corners to zoom in or out. [Visual Aide]
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Transition Next I will discuss the inside of the Milan.

C. How it works
1. It uses wireless auto sync and touch screen technology to allow users and devices to interact with files and applications using a flat, tabletop screen.
2. This means it accepts input from multiple fingers and multiple users simultaneously, allowing for complex gestures, including grabbing, stretching, swiveling and sliding virtual objects across the table.
3. The inside consists of CPUs, infrared cameras, a touch screen, and a projector.
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Transition Finally, where does Microsoft see a market for this.

D. Where it is being used
1. Currently the price tag is $10,000 per machine.
2. Microsoft plans on selling the device to businesses, restaurants, hotels, and casinos.
3. Microsoft
4. hopes that it will make it way into homes within the next 5 years.

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Transition In conclusion,

III. Conclusion

A. Now that you know it out there keep an eye out for this in places you visit and hopefully one day this technology will become custom to us.

References

1. http://www.news.com/Microsoft-hopes-Milan-table-PC-has-magic-touch/2100-1041_3-6186732.html

2. Microsoft Corp. http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
3. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2138871,00.asp