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    SecondLight Gives Surface Tables a Second Magical Screen

    Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin

    Uncrating the First Surface Table in Australia

    Microsoft Surface Debuts For Drunken Vacationers At the Rio in Vegas

    Video of New Microsoft Surface Table Apps
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    Image of MisterWho's Mystery Meat MisterWho's Mystery Meat
    02/24/09

    In reply to SecondLight Gives Surface Tables a Second Magical Screen
    That's pretty cool. Just gotta hope that any sync problems develop before the warranty expires.
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    02/24/09

    @The original Mr. Who v.2.0.1: I'm pretty sure they will be able to find a way to hard-wire the projectors in sync...


    Interrupter gear anyone?

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    Image of Giz-Guy Giz-Guy
    02/24/09

    In reply to SecondLight Gives Surface Tables a Second Magical Screen
    This is awesome. Is that annoying flickering in the video still present when viewed in real life, though?
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    02/24/09

    @Giz-Guy: Nah man it's just because they're using CRT displays..
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/24/09

    @Skeetz: Wrong. It is using projectors, not CRT's.
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    02/24/09

    @Giz-Guy: If you point a camcorder (or even a digi-camera) at pretty much any monitor or tv you will see some amount of this flicker. And no 99.99% of the time you can't see it with the naked eye.
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    Image of Skeetz Skeetz
    02/24/09

    @BeautifulAgony: It seems I failed sarcasm this evening.. I was trying to say that CRTs flicker on camera and that if he read article he would know about the hz and awwwww fudge it.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    02/24/09

    @Skeetz: Damn it, use your proper sarcasm tags, people! Proper HTML (Hot Temper Mitigation Language) is vitally important in these comment sections... ;)
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    Image of Eauboy Eauboy
    02/24/09

    In reply to SecondLight Gives Surface Tables a Second Magical Screen
    I'm pretty sure MI6 already has this technology.
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    02/24/09

    @Eauboy: From the look of that computer interface in Quantum of Solace, MI6 owns Microsoft.
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    12/17/08

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    Great. Now my console table is purging in the hallway.
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    Image of ChampMan ChampMan
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    3 meters long (that's almost 9 feet). Actually, unless you work for NASA, 3 meters is closer to 10 feet.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    12/17/08

    @ChampMan:


    good call.

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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    If I put this on my Honda will it go faster?
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    Image of OdeliaTermite OdeliaTermite
    12/17/08

    If its concave underneath, like I think it will be. You should make a spoiler out of it.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/17/08

    @OdeliaTermite: Spoilers technically make your car slower, since they create more drag. However, your car is more stable since there is more down force, so stability and handling are better at high speeds.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    The website states that the table is 2mm thick at the edge, very different than just 2mm thick. Oh, and it comes in a stylish walnut veneer.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    12/17/08

    @Gann: I cannot imagine why anyone would want to cover up the carbon fiber with a fake wood accent. That just sounds ugly.
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    12/17/08

    @zenpoet: Ah, but what about a real wood accent?
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    Well, I kinda like it.


    Carbon fiber table? It's a diamond in the rough.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/17/08

    @scarbrtj: I get it.
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    Image of snoop-blog snoop-blog
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    does it come in fake silver paint?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    So I know carbon fiber has incredible tensile strength, but how does this translate into rigidity? "Raw" carbon fiber just looks like very thin hairs.
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    Image of wishnias wishnias
    12/17/08

    @booo: by combining layers of woven mesh of those very thin hairs with a resin 'glue' that holds it all together
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    Image of wishnias wishnias
    12/17/08

    @wishnias: and of course, being a structural engineer, I couldn't help but take it to the next level and figure out how strong this thing could actually be.


    Assuming it's only half a meter wide (it looks pretty skinny from the photo, but this is conservative), it should be able to withstand a point load of approximately 565lbs, which is far more than I'd trust to the glass table in my living room.


    Without running a finite element analysis, this is only an estimate, but should be reasonably accurate.

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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/17/08

    @wishnias: I'd be more worried about the angle of the taper on the edge. Too shallow, and those edges are going to be pretty fragile, even if the center span could carry the load. Not to mention the points where the legs attach to the top.
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    Image of snoop-blog snoop-blog
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    If the legs could fold in imagine the space you could save! You could play baseball in your dining room!
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    Guest: Why do you have pegs sticking up from the floor? *stands up from couch* Oooh, it's a table!
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    I'd like to own one, but every time I invite a cyclist over to my house, I'd find him straddling the turkey, pedaling furiously.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking
    12/17/08

    In reply to Carbon Fiber Surface Table Is Thin, Really Thin
    It's so thin, I'm going to kill myself on that thing. You can't even barely see it.


    You'll sense it.

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