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5:40AM Jesus Diaz | This is one of the two most perfect spheres ever. Exactly one kilogram—Imperial units be damned and forbidden forever—smooth to the nearest 0.0000000003 meter (1.18110236 × 10-8 inches,) and round to within 0.00000005 meters (1.96850394 × 10-6 inches.) More »
World’s Most Perfect Pair Of Balls
5:40AM Jesus Diaz | This is one of the two most perfect spheres ever. Exactly one kilogram—Imperial units be damned and forbidden forever—smooth to the nearest 0.0000000003 meter (1.18110236 × 10-8 inches,) and round to within 0.00000005 meters (1.96850394 × 10-6 inches.) More » 
Peripherals
Moixa Defies Natural Interface, Creates Crazy Interface ‘Sphere’
1:20PM Wilson Rothman | Whoever thought the future wouldn’t be filled with humming radio-connected spheres is just plain dumb, but Moixa’s mesmerising Sphere i/o interface device seems to buck the current trend of natural interaction. More »
Computers
Hands On With the Microsoft Surface Sphere Prototype
6:41AM Adrian Covert | Microsoft’s Surface Sphere operates a lot like the original Surface, utilising a projector surrounded by a ring of IR cameras, which is then covered by a semi-opaque globe. The IR cameras detect when the beams are being blocked, and transmits it as contact. Using it, I found there are still a few early glitches, but this is an amazing piece of technology and far along for a prototype. galleryPost('surfacespherems', 3, ''); More »
Computers
Microsoft Multi-touch Sphere Plays 360-Degree Video, Trippiest Pong Game Ever
3:35PM Matt Buchanan | The Seattle PI has the first look at Microsoft’s multi-touch Surface Sphere–simply Sphere–that we’ve known would debut this week. It’s more advanced than Surface, since it has to use algorithms to round images, and uses an infrared system to detect hands and objects touching it. It plays omnidirectional video and what has to be the craziest rendition of Pong ever. The video shows a lot of amazing potential, but incredulously, it’s just an ooh-and-ah project right now, with no commercial plans–it’s just supposed to relay their vision of everything as a potential Surface. We’re convinced, now make it happen. [Seattle PI] More »
Computers
Microsoft Surface Sphere Will Be Multi-touchable Next Week
7:13AM Matt Buchanan | Microsoft is going to debut its spherical multi-touch Surface next week at its annual Research Faculty Summit. We’re pretty curious about what you can do with a big ball of multi-touch (and wondering about the little things–is it a perfect sphere? How are you supposed to hold it? Is it like a globe?). They pulled references to it off the exhibit list (to keep it a surprise, probably), but it’s still very much on the floor display map, as you can see. We’re stoked. [Mary-Jo Foley] More »
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