Yesterday, we had the Flemish and European elections took place here in Belgium (in case you aren't familiar with Belgian/Flemish government, take a look here. Note: it's quite complicated!).
I'm not planning on turning my blog into a place for political statements, absolutely not. However, Microsoft technology took a prominent place in these elections. VTM, the Flemish commercial TV station, used Microsoft Surface technology to show the results.
The presenter used several items that were recognized by the Surface's internal camera's to switch between the results of the parties (seen around her left hand in the below screenshot).
When placing the tagged item on the surface, the results for the selected party are shown.
Also, a lot of dragging was implemented in the application. By clicking on a header, she could show more details on the results.
With this example, Surface has (as far as I know, I never watch TV...) made its debut on Belgian television. And it made quite an impression on people as well... My girlfriend came asking me if I knew what this "thing was they were using to drag stuff around" on TV :)
Update: here's the MSN Soapbox video: