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Surprsing what uses can you think of for something that will be covered with a plate.
On the menu -
The menu.
Order placing (table no. is a given).
Button in one corner [same drink again].
Neural analysis of food appreciation based on timings of knife/fork pressure.
Newspaper
for those dining alone.
Childrens games.
Table2Table flirting/business.
Alternatively just make the whole table a touchscreen, placemats could then be windows and dynamically arranged for different eating party configurations (blue tablecloth of death willing).
MIcrosoft Surface
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
[Dub, Jul 02 2009]
Drinks
http://itvoir.com/p...ail.asp?BlogID=4556
OK, not quite the same... but not much of a leap of the imagination [Dub, Jul 02 2009]
doesn't say if it is Microsoft technology
http://www.psfk.com...able-top-menus.html
as good as there, this one is in London [dentworth, Jul 03 2009]
Video clip about imamo.
http://news.cnet.co...105-10193120-1.html
[jutta, Jul 03 2009]
uWink
http://www.uwink.com/restaurants
Touchscreens, but not as tables. But still a reference point. Their silicon valley branch recently shut down. [jutta, Jul 03 2009]
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[marked-for-deletion] baked <link> and I vaguely recall SF'ish movies that do that. |
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This sort of "hidden-till-lit" tabletop display using a planar glass surface was envisaged in the movie "Tron", many Earth years ago. And the LCARS terminals on the Enterprise-D are pretty similar. |
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[FT] Link is for the microsoft table not a touch screen display(s) and restaurant software. I particulularly like the "food appreciation" detector. |
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Yeah, I'm calling boojum on that "baked". |
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I must say, it sounds somewhat familiar (there are certainly videos of "Surface"-like technology detecting drinks and how full the glasses are) |
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My phone won't load the first link because I don't have
macromedia player 8, but the third one down definitely bakes
this. |
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Nice 3rd link. Baked to a crisp then. I like the meal preview feature they have. I wonder whether operating with one screen they have touchscreen conflicts ? |
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Somehow, this feels too good to actually work. My bullshit detector's all a-tingle. |
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At imamo, the displays are actually projected from above, and the input happens via a trackpad, not via a touch screen. The video clip I link to is the usual fluff reporting, but you can quite clearly see how cumbersome the menu interaction actually is. |
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I think my idea started with the same concept of a "next drink button". Not sure if OLED touchscreens will eventually win, but the cheap combo of projector and touch pad is quite elegant. I agree with you about their interface, they made it cute but fiddly. |
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Thinking smaller, maybe this could be a beverage container with built-in refill call button (& wireless communication to the bar), not a whole redesigned restaurant.
Could have a drink level sensor.
Although the Microsoft trick of using prisms in the glass is slick. |
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Ultrasonics work better - highly tolerant of opaque liquids. |
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