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'Computer-On-Glass' Display

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the good-enough-to-lick dept.

bfries writes "Sharp Corp, Japan's largest maker of liquid crystal displays (LCDs), unveiled a screen Tuesday with microprocessor circuitry applied directly onto the glass, enabling it to function like a computer. It uses Sharp's continuous grain silicon (CGS) technology and should be used on some products in 2005."

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  1. I can see the case mods coming now. by Salden · · Score: 5, Funny
    • Coke Bottle PC
    • Casserole PC
    • Fish Tank PC
    Wait, that last one's been done before...
    1. Re:I can see the case mods coming now. by billybob2001 · · Score: 5, Funny
      I can see it now:

      Yeah, of course my pc runs on windows...

      The answer? Defenestrate now!

    2. Re:I can see the case mods coming now. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I like the casserole one, would be self-heating with the way processor tech is going. Might be hard to read the display when it's full of beef stew though :-(

  2. Business card computer made of glass? by gpinzone · · Score: 5, Funny

    CRACK!

    1. Re:Business card computer made of glass? by TummyX · · Score: 2, Funny

      Stop doing that. I thought you were selling..

  3. Won't someone think of the whores? by Bi0h4z4rD · · Score: 0, Funny

    From looking at the photo, I'd be worried that all those circuits running through the glass would take up space for displaying precious, precious pr0n!

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  4. Yeah? by somethingwicked · · Score: 3, Funny
    should be used on some products in 2005

    Yeah? You think so, buddy? Well, what if we decide not to use it, huh? What are YOU going to do about?

    Who are you to say if we SHOULD use it or not...

    Oh, hold on...that might not be what you meant.

    Somethingwicked, you ignorant slut.

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  5. Quick! Ship it now! Do it now! by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 3, Funny
    All we need is enough processor power to decompress a JGP. Shit it! Shit it now! We *need* this thing!

  6. Mod by BoBaBrain · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here is an overview of a case mod for such a system.

    The processing power isn't great, but it did manage to support Wine.

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  7. Re:Cool... by telstar · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...but not really news until there's, at the least, something to look at.
    • As as Slashdot reader that received the Christmas Victoria's Secret catalogue yesterday, I whole-heartedly agree.

  8. Re:Cool... by ari_j · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry. A duplicate story will be posted at least quarterly until it matters; and then they'll stop when it's a salable technology. So when the stories about it stop, wait 3 months and buy.

  9. Wow! Now I can really... by The+J+Kid · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..have a Beowolf cluster of Windows PC's !

    *Runs for cover*

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  10. A whole new meaning... by twoslice · · Score: 3, Funny

    to the term my computer just crashed...

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  11. Re:Quick! Ship it now! Do it now! by funaho · · Score: 2, Funny

    > Shit it! Shit it now! We *need* this thing!

    Ok this typo just made my morning. Thanks. :)

  12. Does it run windows? by Lothar · · Score: 2, Funny

    What kind of windowmanager can you use? Imaging how cool the "transparent" xterms will look.

  13. What about on skin? by Suppafly · · Score: 3, Funny

    circuitry applied directly onto the glass, enabling it to function like a computer.

    Circuitry applied to glass is absolutely fascinating and all, but I want to know when they will come up with a good way for printing circuitry on skin. I want computerized skin damnit. One more potential reason to legitimize orgies..

  14. I was driving down the road.. by SecGreen · · Score: 4, Funny

    and I saw a rock hit the windshield with a loud crack. As one of the cracks slowly grew across the windshield, different parts of the car started malfunctioning until finally, the engine sputtered to a stop...

    I can just hear the engineers... "Well we already have to put circuitry on the windshield for the HUD.. why don't we just go ahead and put the fuel injection computer and all the other electronics there as well..."

    Hey, you think it wouldn't happen? I bet you thought that refrigerators would never have Internet access either...

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  15. Super-fantastic application... by Gruneun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can make my house windows out of these things and project happy people interacting on them. I can fool the whole neighborhood into thinking I have friends.

    [sigh]

  16. Cool future uses and bad future uses by phorm · · Score: 5, Funny
    The cool
    • Portable (touch-type?) displays you can plug in anywhere. Download new library books by chapter (into temporary memory?).
    • Restaurant tables? TV's: watch the game on your table. Virtual colouring books for kids
    • Forget the coloured contacts. Glasses will come back in style as you get your own mini-HUD
    The bad
    • Billboards, now every office window can be one!
    • Spyglass-capabilities
    • And you thought your palm broke easily when you dropped it
    The ugly
    • Microsoft WindowPanes home edition and the BWOD (Blue Window Of Death)????!!!