http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2007/10/05/the-martini-synch.aspxEwan forwarded me this which seemed like a fascinating piece of work that Microsoft Research were investigating. Essentially they are looking at ways to ease the pairing process between devices. MSR-TR-2007-123 The Martini Synch Darko Kirovski; Mike Sinclair;en-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2007/10/05/the-martini-synch.aspx#5298520Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:43:29 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5298520Techy News Blog » The Martini Synch<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.artofbam.com/wordpress/?p=5561">http://www.artofbam.com/wordpress/?p=5561</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2007/10/05/the-martini-synch.aspx#5298757Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:58:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5298757Kevin Daly<p>So um, in English, er...does that mean that pairing in this case is achieved by device A coming to have a sense of where device B is in space?</p> <p>Or somethingelseentirelythatidinunnerstan? (I'm guessing the latter since I'm having a bad brain day this morning)</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2007/10/05/the-martini-synch.aspx#5371732Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:06:33 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5371732Andy Turner<p>The way I interpreted it was that you could have two devices, one in each hand and then wave them around randomly (but in the same manner in each hand) for a few seconds and the devices would pair, since they'd both feel the same general motion. Presumably they wouldn't pair automatically though, or two people in a taxi cab might find their devices pairing if the driver is as bad as they are where I live!</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2007/10/05/the-martini-synch.aspx#5371781Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:10:17 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:5371781Andy Turner<p>Actually, having read the PDF now, it seems that I was pretty much right, except you're expected to hold the two devices together against each other - thus creating a much more similar pattern of movement. And of course, that's where the Martini moniker comes from, if you imagine making a Martini (shaken, not stirred..)</p>