You can play on it. Your kids can "paint" on it. Both at the same time. This is pretty cool and I actually posted a video to YouTube a minute ago about a similar product that researchers were developing. I found out about this video at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference back in 2006.
At the very least this device would be a great conversation piece in your home that you could use to show pictures, use the InterWeb, and do all other sorts of techie-yet-useful stuff with. I can only imagine how much something like this would cost once it hit the consumer market.
Think of all the possibilities. You could use this combined with Bluetooth connections to the electronic devices in your home to control your television sets, blinds, lights, ceiling fans, stereo, dvd players, etc. The list could go on and on.
In case you're not familiar with Bluetooth other than via your cellphone, PDA, or labtop, it can potentially be used as a communications protocol for every electronic device in your home that has Bluetooth capability. Meaning, devices can communicate with one-another if they're both Bluetooth enabled. And I'm sure that in the near future Bluetooth adapters for your electronic devices (they already exist for USB-enabled devices) will be sold in places like Radio Shack, Best Buy, and Circuit City. Thus, enabling you to take your level of technologically connected devices to an all-time high. So if you can - and it should not be difficult at this point - imagine your stereo, dvd player, ceiling fan, etc. with USB ports (or some other port) that allows you to plug in a Bluetooth adapter. Yeah, there you have it.The Bluetooth protocol has a range of about 10 meters which is approximately 31-32 feet. So unless you live in a mansion, you should not have much of a problem with your electronic devices being located close enough to a "techie-table" like the one in the video. Thereby giving yourself the freedom to control all types of stuff from your living room.
Technology, gotta love it!
Even if it's going to make us all sedentary and obese.
Of course, some people are cynics
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