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

    CRACK!

  3. 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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  4. 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.

  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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]

  8. 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)????!!!