Watching Anderson Cooper 360 describe the Iowa Caucuses tonight they had a rather large (possibly 72″) display that both Anderson and his guest were able to drag icons representing votes around the screen and place them in squares that represented candidates. They were each moving the votes at the same time and it didn’t look to be pre-rendered as Anderson let go of some too early and they bounced back to their original position. Could this be one of the first major Microsoft Surface deployments?

Update: A reader suggested that this is actually technology called Perceptive Pixel by Jeff Han. His website has a very impressive demo of a multi-touch interface on a screen much larger than what CNN was using. The site mentions nothing about customers, nor does CNN’s site mention Perceptive Pixel, but the video of his technology is worth watching. www.perceptivepixel.com

Update 2: Someone from Perceptive Pixel replied to my email sending me to the following website confirming that this is indeed their technology. I’m still looking for video of it in action on CNN online. If anyone comes across it please post a link in the comments.

Update 3: An anonymous reader posted two video examples of CNN using this technology on YouTube here and here.

Update 4: CNN has been calling their new toy “Magic Board”

Update 5: CNN finally has an article up talking about the technology and speak with Jeff Han, founder of Perspective Pixel. Link.

Update 6: The Daily Show did story on Magic Board and visited Jeff Han at Perspective Pixel as well as the crew at CNN.