Computers get big again; table-sized in fact

This isn't a new idea. In fact, back in school my Professor who taught a couple of courses of CPEG (Computer Engineering) was one of the co-founders of Fingerworks. For those than haven't heard, Fingerworks was bought up by Apple for their touch-based technology which has found a home in the upcoming iPhone.

Seven years ago, he had already envisioned a table-surface with the interface projected onto it. The surface could be context-sensitive adapting to where a person rested their hands upon it, or even with different objects placed upon it.

I've already seen demonstration videos of such a device, allowing for audio data to be maniupulated by placing filter 'cubes' on a surface and using their spatial orientation combined with movements of the fingers to link these filters together and adjust their properties.

Jam it back in, in the dark.