On the Today Show this morning, Bill Gates demoed a "new" technology called Micorosoft Surface.  This technology consists of a table with a computer and cameras + sensors embedded within that allow for a unique user interface.  This makes it possible to draw pictures with your fingers and arrange photos with your hands.  OK, cool, but this is not new.  In face, it looks like a complete rip-off Jeff Han'ss multi-touch displays.

Next, follow this link and watch the video (I don't have a direct link to the video clip) from this morning's Today show featuring Bill Gates and Microsoft Surface. 

It drives me nuts that NBC makes the comparison to Minority Report.  If NBC would have Goggled "Minority Report Interface", they would see embedded Youtube video above as the first result.

OK, Microsoft has a few original ideas here.  Setting the digital camera on the table and having the photos appear in the computer (WIFI only), that's cool.  The credit card being read by the computer, simply by placing it on the table, that's cool.  I have no use for it in a home environment, but it's cool.  But the guts of Microsoft Surface appear to be a complete rip-off.  Please let me know in the comments if Microsoft did work with Jeff Han on this.  As far as my Googgling can tell, it is a rip-off.

Links:

• Microsoft Surface Homepage
• Jeff Han's Home Page
• Today Show Article/Video