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Clinique brings Surface to the Clinique Smart Bar
Back in 1968, Clinique debuted as the world’s first dermatologist developed cosmetics brand, before...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/03/2011
Controlling the AR Drone with Surface
Winwise has created an entertaining control mechanism for the Parrot AR Drone using Microsoft...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/27/2011
Amnesia Razorfish’s mobile mashup with Surface and more
The team from Amnesia Razorfish in Australia have brought some cool new device interaction to...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/25/2011
The New Microsoft Surface
The new Microsoft Surface was unveiled on Wednesday at CES 2011. We just launched our brand new...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/06/2011
Ringing in 2011 with new Surface MVPs!
Just in time for the New Year, we have three new Microsoft Surface MVPs (Most Valuable...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 01/04/2011
How do I print tags?
Lately I had someone ask how they can print tags and/or get byte tags.... so I figured I would write...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 11/22/2010
Microsoft Surface and Cerebral Palsy Therapy
We have seen very good use of Microsoft Surface in the medical field with a variety of applications....
Author: Eric Ha Date: 11/12/2010
The Wonder of Light at The Smithsonian
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. is now using innovation from Microsoft Surface to...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 11/09/2010
Charles Schwab on Surface at IMPACT 2010
In Boston this week, Charles Schwab is making an IMPACT. Their annual conference is an opportunity...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 10/27/2010
Microsoft Surface at TEDx Redmond
This past weekend, I had the privilege of demoing Microsoft Surface to 600+ primary school kids at...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 09/24/2010
Ness Botanic Gardens at the Shanghai Expo
Our Microsoft Surface strategic partner nsquared created a very engaging application on Surface...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 09/01/2010
msnbc.com digital café
If I say studio tour to anyone who has watched the hit television series 30 Rock, they’ll...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 08/26/2010
Live Presentation: Robot Command and Control on Surface
This just in: Robot Invasion! That might have grabbed more attention as a headline, but trust me,...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 08/23/2010
Surface at Gnomedex 10
Don't forget to check out your blog entries from Gnomedex out on Microsoft Surface. If you made a...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 08/21/2010
The Settlers of Catan trades up for objects
The last time we looked at The Settlers of Catan on Microsoft Surface was when the game was unveiled...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 08/02/2010
How do you use the following SDK tools...
The Surface SDK Team is looking for your feedback with regards to the tools available on our SDK. We...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 07/22/2010
The Weather Channel on Microsoft Surface
Andy Drooker and Crispin Southwell from The Weather Channel were in our booth at the Microsoft...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 07/19/2010
A new book that explains Microsoft Surface development! ... and a new library on codeplex!
Joshua Blake from Infostrat (one of our partners), is working on a book on WPF multi-touch...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 07/14/2010
Welcome to WPC 2010
Come visit Microsoft Surface at WPC 2010 in Washington D.C. for some great demos by our Microsoft...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 07/13/2010
Object Explore for Travel Agents from Object Consulting
Object Consulting is another one of our Microsoft Surface Strategic Partners out of Australia....
Author: Eric Ha Date: 07/13/2010
nsquared presents their Surface Business Pack
You may have seen nsquared on our blog before. They are a Microsoft Surface Strategic Partner...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 07/08/2010
Vectorform Game Studio and The Settlers of Catan
This week, Origins Game Fair attendees will get the first glimpse at Settlers of Catan on Surface....
Author: Eric Ha Date: 06/21/2010
Papermaze on Microsoft Surface
Recently, Vectorform visited our offices to show me a new title they’ve been working on for...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 06/17/2010
Microsoft Surface Bluetooth Connect Code Sample Now Available for Download
This sample helps developers integrate Bluetooth connectivity into their Microsoft Surface...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 06/15/2010
Galactic Alliance, four player gaming on Surface
Joe and Filip from Vectorform, a Microsoft Surface strategic partner, were in Redmond recently to...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 06/08/2010
Hospitality and travel retail by nsquared
A short while back I met with Dr. Neil Roodyn here in Redmond to look at some applications that...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 05/24/2010
Swedish Medical Center Baby Photo Contest
Swedish is celebrating their 100th anniversary in a cute way (video). They’ve delivered...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 05/07/2010
An immersive experience for homebuilders on Surface
The Microsoft Surface Strategic Partner, AFTER MOUSE has created this innovative solution on Surface...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/29/2010
Introducing Microsoft Surface Design and Development Training
We invite you to participate in the new Microsoft Surface Design and Development Training. This...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 04/29/2010
Experience the Garibaldi Panorama on Surface
Imagine you have a 140 year old print that is almost five feet tall, nearly the length of a football...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/27/2010
Retirement Planning for Groupama
Our Microsoft Surface Strategic Partner IntuiLab has released a video showing their retirement...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/26/2010
Microsoft Surface Week in Review
Let’s take a look at what you may have missed on Microsoft Surface this week. People are Tweeting...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/23/2010
Introducing MakeWords for education by nsquared
nsquared is a Microsoft Surface Strategic Partner in Australia, and have an application called...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/22/2010
Interactive Storytelling on Microsoft Surface
A while back, I had the privilege of having Xiang Cao, an associate researcher at Microsoft Research...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/22/2010
Reminder: Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Available
In case you missed it last week, the Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta is available...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/21/2010
Surface at Interactive Displays 2010 Conference
Are you going to the Interactive Displays 2010 Conference in San Jose next week? I will be there...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 04/12/2010
Launch: Microsoft Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch Beta
We’ve got some great news for Windows Touch developers. Today we’ve launched a toolkit for Windows...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 04/12/2010
PAX Day 1
Friday at PAX was busy. Things started for me getting off a red-eye flight from Redmond landing at...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/27/2010
Surface and Carnegie Mellon at PAX with D&D
For the uninitiated to the Penny Arcade Expo, I can best describe it as a gaming conference by the...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/27/2010
Raise of Hands: Do you use the Surface Simulator? Do you use the Surface Simulator APIs?
Dear Readers, Hello, I am Luis Cabrera, the Program Manager responsible for the Surface SDK. I would...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 03/26/2010
The Surface team gets visitors, with toys! (the D&D kind)
There was a lot of excitement last month over in Surface-land. We had visitors from Carnegie Mellon...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/15/2010
GDC 2010: Creating multi-touch, multi-user games on Surface
Are you into game design? Have you been designing multi-touch games? Microsoft Surface is a...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/05/2010
Surface and Healthcare at HIMMS
Somanna Palacanda from the Microsoft Surface team was at HIMSS (Healthcare Information and...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/04/2010
Application Design for Microsoft Surface
As we mentioned previously, Microsoft Surface is at CeBIT in Germany. Along with showcasing Surface...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/03/2010
TechFest 2010 and “Mobile Surface”
I’m seeing a lot of Tweets about Microsoft unveiling a Mobile Surface at TechFest 2010 this week....
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/03/2010
Reporting in from CeBIT 2010
Vanessa Lee from the Microsoft Surface team is at CeBIT in Germany, where Microsoft Surface is...
Author: Eric Ha Date: 03/03/2010
Using the RawImage in a WPF application.
One common question I hear is: How can you consume the raw image provided by the core APIs in a WPF...
Author: Luis Cabrera - AzureML Date: 03/01/2010