Hello MEMS, Goodbye Monitors

ftantil writes "In this article Bob Cringely says traditional monitors (CRTs *and* LCDs) will eventually go the way of the Underwood. I've always liked the idea of seeing the image equivalent of a 27" monitor by looking into a slot in my cellphone, but it never occurred to me that these things could replace TVs too."

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Monitors Replacements

[Medevo]

If monitors are every replaced with a slot in your cell-phone or funky geek ware glasses, what are we support to hit when something doesn't work.

Besides how many more deaths might this cause then cell-phones, driving down the road typing up a document in one eye and driving with the other.

Medevo

Re:Monitors Replacements

[kyras]

Besides how many more deaths might this cause then cell-phones, driving down the road typing up a document in one eye and driving with the other.

F*ck typing a document. Imagine playing GTA3 in the other eye!

Re:Monitors Replacements

[Steve Franklin]

"what are we suppo[sed] to hit when something doesn't work"

Yeah, but now you really *can* chuck the whole thing in the river like you've been threatening to do for years.

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Privacy aspect

[Graspee_Leemoor]

How come nobody has stated the obvious yet ?

It's perfect for pr0n!

Now your boss will have to look at your facial expression to see if you're working or not; good poker players need never work again!

graspee

Re:Privacy aspect

[PacoTaco]

Now your boss will have to look at your facial expression to see if you're working or not

Well, your boss could always look elsewhere...

Re:And the #1 reason why MEMS will become popular.

[PacoTaco]

Now every pair of eyeballs can be individually billed.

If that's successful, the MPAA will introduce legislation that requires you to pay per eyeball. "We don't want to overcharge one-eyed consumers," says the press release.

Coming in 2014

[Y-Crate]

The GameBoy REALLYAdvance(d)

1mb of RAM (whoohoo! ;) )
200MB ROM carts the size of salt grains "Now even easier to lose!" - Nintendo
and a virtual 20ft screen projected directly into your head.....but no backlight

"You must aim eyes directly at sun or flash of nuclear explosion at a precise angle. Deviation of .95959% will cause failure of display. Tests involving $.20 addition to GBRA proved that added complexity of thing called 'light button' too much for GBRA users." - Crazy Japanese guy claiming to be from Nintendo

And in other news, Nintendo has acquired the rights to the song "Staring At The Sun" by U2 for use in a future ad campaign. ;)

Please, no one take this seriously, I don't want some rabid Nintendo fanboys after me....the Atari ones were bad enough"

Re:3D

[guybarr]

Then, of course, there's the obligatory 3D pr0n.

you could try a woman. they're 3D in a deeper way.

Stupidity

[Taco Cowboy]

I think I read a quote somewhere about stupidity ... something about people can prevent illnesses, disappointments, failures, but there's no way to prevent stupidity.

Guess this is another evidence of how people can use high tech to do stupid things.

Re:Who needs LSD?

[Angst Badger]

Spoken like someone who's never done LSD. If I had to choose, acid beats Fractint hands down, even if it's Fractint projected onto my retina with anti-aliased subsampling, real-time zoom, and the appearance of an 84-inch display. Until there are some major advances in graphics technology, no PC can produce the impression of a five-dimensional alien entity simultaneous receding into the past and accelerating into the future while interpenetrating all possible points in the universe at the speed of light accompanied by a soundtrack based on the contents of my subconscious mind.

Now, Fractint with acid -- that's the best of both worlds.

Re:I would assume that he is partially correct

[Fesh]

"A realtime "nude patch" :)"

Be careful what you wish for. Pr0n stars are not representative of the population at large.

"Aieeeee! My eyes!"