A new Samsung set-top box, called See’n'Search, is a search engine of sorts for your television. Using closed captioning and program listings, the box automatically searches the internet to give viewers more information on the shows they’re watching. In this video demo, a newscast on the Iowa Caucus popped up key topics: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama…etc, and you can click a topic for a variety of search results across Google, Wikipedia or even video. In the demo, the Samsung guy clicked Hillary Clinton and selected her website, which appeared full screen. While they have a ways to go on the usability front (as you can see, it’s a little cluttered), this approach to interactive TV — it doesn’t have to be pre-programmed, it just automatically correlates information on the internet — has tremendous promise.
http://www.lostremote.com/2008/02/19/a-search-engine-for-your-television/
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