Electronics maker Savant Systems, of Osterville,Massachusetts specializing in home automation, has developed a new coffee table that resembles that Microsoft Surface Technology Concept. They call it the ” Rosie Coffee Table “, that has a 40-inch wide touch screen panel, ability to sync iTunes libraries, IP network digital cameras, and business card readers from the graphical user interface (GUI). Savant says their Rosie coffee table is “Apple-based”—although they aren’t too clear about what that means. (Previous Rosie products are based on the company’s RacePoint OS, which they describe as an “open, multilayered graphically based operating system.” Victor Saverino – director of product management,Savant Systems Says.. “The Rosie Coffee Table brings the converged functionality of a touch panel to an interactive surface technology that is practical
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UPDATE:- The conference submission system is now available at the following link: http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=5561& After the huge success of their first Conference the folks at Tangible and Embedded Interaction Conference are inviting Applications to show of your research in Embedded Interaction Tecniques at TEI 2008 that will be held in the B-IT Center in Bonn, Germany. The conference will take place between the 18th and 21st February 2008. From TEI site: Call for Participation After the big success of TEI’07 we are now organizing TEI’08, the second international conference dedicated to research in tangible and embedded interaction. Work addressing HCI issues, design, use context, tools and technologies, as well as interactive art works are all welcome, including especially interdisciplinary submissions across these themes. We anticipate that