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Kenny? wrote on 2012-01-15 19:56
[Image: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38&feature=player_popout]
[video=youtube;6Cf7IL_eZ38]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38&feature=player_popout[/video]
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Strawberry wrote on 2012-01-15 20:02
Everything would be so fragile. But I would support this idea with all the touch related things. D:
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Sekwaf wrote on 2012-01-15 20:02
Saw that last year, still really cool and we'll probably use that technology in the not so distant future (probably actually have most of it now).
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Osayidan wrote on 2012-01-15 20:07
Ain't happening without solid internet infrastructure, especially wifi.
Forget about 3G/4G since it's not sufficient and too expensive (not to mention the providers have their heads up their asses). We have the technology to achieve most of this, but there's no demand to drive it to mass production. The big issue is like I said, networking infrastructure. This isn't worth **** without it, and we simply do not have it.
Expect to see anything like this on a large scale in place like japan, south korea and some european countries ages before north america.
Quote from Strawberry;736823:
Everything would be so fragile. But I would support this idea with all the touch related things. D:
Not really, Corning is specialized in very durable glass for technological/architecture applications.
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Fabian wrote on 2012-01-15 20:30
A day made of glass and...wait for it....money!
It's cool though.
:awesome:
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Armi wrote on 2012-01-15 20:35
I wonder how much electricity this would burn
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Kollin wrote on 2012-01-15 20:38
Fancy. Do want. Like Osay said, doubt it will come to somewhere like the U.S. anytime soon.
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Sleeperdial wrote on 2012-01-15 21:26
They've been working on that thing where you put your iphone on the table and photos and other stuff flies out of it since the iphone came out and why would you want a completely glass iphone? Then people can see what you're looking at. :!!: Also, I'm not sure why we need all this stuff to be glass, it looks futuristic, and if we really want to move toward the future in all the sci-fi movies thats fine with me, but couldn't the same thing be accomplished with big screens with regular computer backings? I really did like that flexible glass though, if kindle had one of those it would be enough to make me want to buy one.
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Meikeru wrote on 2012-01-15 21:39
No thanks.
Imagine the finger prints!
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Xemnas wrote on 2012-01-15 22:51
Quote from Meikeru;736925:
No thanks.
Imagine the finger prints!
That's the #1 problem I can think of with this.(how would you clean it without it turning itself on/opening 1000 porn folders)
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-01-15 23:47
Quote from Meikeru;736925:
No thanks.
Imagine the finger prints!
they're smudge proof
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-01-15 23:53
I watched the beginning of the video and it felt like I was living in a sci-fi film. It's the future if us Americans and our companies can get their asses into gear :/
Maybe the problem isn't with the companies but Americans themselves.
*ponders that for a bit*
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-01-15 23:55
Quote from Kingofrunes;737178:
I watched the beginning of the video and it felt like I was living in a sci-fi film. It's the future if us Americans and our companies can get their asses into gear :/
Maybe the problem isn't with the companies but Americans themselves.
*ponders that for a bit*
most of the stuff in the video is made for people who pay a lot of money for custom homes
and is best suited for corporate usage in meetings
It'll take about 20-30 years for it to become mainstream in America
10-20 in Europe
everything in the video is practical but fancy stuff always goes to people who can afford it
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2012-01-16 00:02
Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;737183:
most of the stuff in the video is made for people who pay a lot of money for custom homes
and is best suited for corporate usage in meetings
It'll take about 20-30 years for it to become mainstream in America
10-20 in Europe
everything in the video is practical but fancy stuff always goes to people who can afford it
This is true. That's the price you pay for fancy technology. I'm not too interested in it though. It's nice and all that but is it really that beneficial.
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Episkey wrote on 2012-01-16 00:09
That looks really cool!
I'm not too worried about the glass itself since you can add chemical compounds to make it durable and all. Glass isn't a limited resource last time I checked ... although the energy costs @_@
Glass is also pretty much impervious to chemicals. The only two that come to mind is Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) and Hydroflouric acid (HF). Not really all that common, except for the Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH). NaOH reacts slowly to glass, it's only molten NaOH you need to worry about.
Of course, what ordinary person has molten NaOH and HF? [S]Except me.[/S] Just kidding.
Good Stuff. Good Stuff.