A Tour of the Microsoft Home
Part 4: Kitchen
A virtual corkboard with embedded, context-sensitive displays and magnet-mounted physical objects. (No thumbtacks!)
When you move things around on the board, object-specific displays come and go with the objects.
A close-up of the object displays.
Hang up a local pizza joint's magnet and you'll get today's specials, updated automatically.
A Microsoft Home classic, the interactive recipe maker: Place some ingredients on the counter and the kitchen will make recipe suggestions based on what you have on hand.
Ooh, a cookie recipe. :)
The kitchen also can remind you about medication...
It also includes a medication identifier for the elderly.
Next: Part 5: Dining Room
--Paul Thurrott
September 23, 2008
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