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Paintable LCDs

Posted by michael on from the semi-gloss-or-eggshell dept.

frambooz writes "Nature Magazine has an article about a team from the Eindhoven University of Technology and Philips Research Laboratories in the Netherlands, who discovered a way to create 1 layer paintable LCD-screens. It can be used on glass and plastic already, and fabric in the near future. 'Homes of the future could change their wallpaper from cream to cornflower blue at the touch of a button, says Dirk Broer. His team has developed paint-on liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that offer the technology. (...) The technique could create giant TV screens, digital billboards and walls that change colour. Slim, plastic LCDs sewn into fabric could display e-mail or text messages on your sleeve.' Which leads to another problem: with an LCD-suit, where would you put which app?" There's also an AP article.

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  1. LCD Suit... by nob · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...with an LCD-suit, where would you put which app?

    Well, Windows XP could go on my wife's butt. They're both unnecessarily big and bloated, and despite what some people say, they can be trimmed down with some work.

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    1. Re:LCD Suit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but your wife's butt only has one hole...

  2. Obligatory Joke by SplendidIsolatn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slim, plastic LCDs sewn into fabric could display e-mail or text messages on your sleeve.' Which leads to another problem: with an LCD-suit, where would you put which app?"

    Lets see...
    Front of pants, PKUnZip
    Back of pants, DownloadAccelerator
    options are endless....

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    1. Re:Obligatory Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Front of pants, Magnify.exe

  3. Where would you put your apps? by isa-kuruption · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just a general rule, I would recommend not placing any M$ product near your anus.

  4. Email on your sleeve? by Wrexen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slim, plastic LCDs sewn into fabric could display e-mail or text messages on your sleeve.'

    Just great, the next MS email virus is going to spam my shirt sleeve with "--> IDIOT HERE -->" text to let everyone know I'm not using a secure email client :(

  5. Re:Cars? by hagardtroll · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remember Mood Rings?

    You could have a mood car. One that changes color depending on how aggressive driver you are. Your car computer could detect your mood from your driving style.

    Red for 'Get Outta my way.',
    Blue for 'I'm driving the speed limit.'
    Green for 'I'm on vacation.'
    Flashing Yellow/Red for 'I'm driving erratically.'

  6. wearable e-mail by waldeaux · · Score: 3, Funny
    Which leads to another problem: with an LCD-suit, where would you put which app?"

    Well, I know where the e-mail SPAM would appear... :-)

  7. Re:Not new. Imagine a roll-up screen. by Drachemorder · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now imagine a paint-on wall-size screen.

    "I told you never to call me on this wall! This is an unlisted wall!"

  8. Re:give it to me now by Glytch · · Score: 3, Funny

    As legal counsel for Cafe Press, I object to this blatant disregard for the rights of business owners. Your idea is obviously a circumvention device designed to destroy free-market capitalism and encourage piracy of Cafe Press' intellectual property.

  9. Paintable LCD's and Blonde Jokes by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blond joke

    Q: How do you tell if a blonde is using a computer:
    A: There's white-out on the screen

    Geek joke

    Q:How do you tell if a geek is writing on a piece of paper.
    A:There's screen on his white-out.

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    Ergonomica Auctorita Illico!